A 60-year old patient with respiratory problem died while trying to escape as a fire broke out at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Jasim Uddin, hailing from Shree Nayun Kandi village under Titas police station in Cumilla.
Talking to reporters at DMCH, deceased’s son Mofiz said that his father was taking treatment on the sixth floor of the new building of DMCH on Saturday with respiratory illness.
As a fire broke out in kidney department on the fourth floor of the hospital in the afternoon, he fell down from the stairs while he was trying to get down hurriedly, he said.
Later he was rescued and taken to the emergency department where doctors declared him dead.
Sources at the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) Headquarters said the fire originated from the air conditioner in a room on the 4th floor of the new building at around 3:04 pm.
Two firefighting units rushed to the spot and doused the flame around 3:12 pm, said Duty Officer of the FSCD headquarters' control room Khaleda Yesmin.
Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the DMCH police Camp, said though there was no causality in the fire incident but the old man died due to breathing problem during the fire incident.
Source: United News of Bangladesh