Kolkata, Oct 24 || One patient admitted to a private nursing home at Siliguri in Darjeeling district of West Bengal was killed late on Thursday after a fire broke out at the nursing home after midnight. However, the other patients who had been admitted to the private nursing home could be safely evacuated following prompt action by the hospital staff and the cops who joined the evacuation operations.
It is yet to be clear whether the deceased patient, who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital, died because of suffocation due to the smoke from the fire or other causes.
The Deputy Commissioner of Siliguri Metropolitan Police, Rakesh Singh, who rushed to the spot on getting the news of the fire, later told media persons that there had been no impact of the fire on the 12 patients from the general ward and five patients from the ICU and all of them were safe.
The police have started an investigation into the matter and will take appropriate steps as per legal provisions, Singh said.