The Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital has established a committee to investigate the origin and extent of the fire that started on the ground floor of the medicine building.
The hospital’s Assistant Director Rezwanul Alam Rayhan announced that the medical department will not accept patient admissions until the fire site is considered safe for use.
The fire broke out in a storage room on Sunday night at around nine o’clock. Cotton, foam mattresses, and gauze bandages all helped the fire and smoke spread quickly.
Notably, patients reported no injuries despite the incident causing them anxiety.
Nine Fire Service units put out the flames after two hours of effort.
Rezwanul expects a report from the six-member committee within three working days.
The committee consists of representatives from the district administration and police, the deputy director of the Fire Service, an executive engineer from the Public Works Department, the head of the medicine department, and the senior store officer of the hospital.
Patients admitted to the affected department are currently receiving treatment in various wards of an older building, according to the assistant director.
He continued by saying that the health director’s orders are transferring patients to Barishal Sadar Hospital rather than admitting any of the department’s existing patients.
The room’s furnishings and other belongings, such as mattresses, bed linens, and mosquito nets, have been destroyed, according to Acting Divisional Director for Health Shyamal Krishna Mondal.
Due to the fire department’s efforts to put out the fire, water is still present. The other four floors of the building, which only sustained smoke damage, have not suffered any significant losses.
Following talks with the engineers and other pertinent parties, Shyamal stated that decisions will be made.
He hoped that shortly work would begin on moving patients into the new building.
It will take at least three days to fully recuperate patients, according to the health director.
All floors will be open for patient care, with the exception of the ground floor. That said, “It will take longer for ground floor operations to return to normal.”
