Hospital staffer dies as fire breaks out in east Delhi hospital

Police said a PCR call was received at 12.20pm reporting a blaze in the server room on the ground floor of the 50-bed, five-storey hospital.

The thick smoke spread rapidly through the building, prompting an emergency evacuation, said deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) Prashant Priya Gautam.

“Eight patients were immediately shifted to the nearby Pushpanjali Hospital for safety. During the rescue operation, three hospital staff members -- identified as Amit (single name), Har Devi, and Naresh (single name), who worked in the dialysis unit -- were brought out from the building and taken to Pushpanjali Hospital,” he said. “While Har Devi and Naresh suffered minor breathing issues, Amit was declared dead on arrival.”