Statesman News Service
MALDA, Aug 4: An oxygen cylinder burst at the pediatric ward in Malda district hospital this morning triggering panic in the hospital. While hospital authorities blamed a ‘defective’ regulator fitted to the cylinder responsible for the incident, unconfirmed reports suggest that the regulator was being forced open which caused the cylinder to burst.The staff members fled the ward after the incident leaving ailing children behind. Tension prevailed in the town following rumours that a fire had broken in the pediatric ward. Fire fighters rushed to the hospital and finally found nothing to combat against.Things turned chaotic after the incident as a section of the hospital staff including the nursing staff engaged in a verbal battle with a section of the media that wanted to cover the incident from close quarters. According to the chief medical health officer, Malda district, Dr R R Banik, nothing but the oxygen leaked creating such a chaos. “The sound was caused by the poor quality regulator fitted to the oxygen cylinder,” he said.“We are helpless because we have to accept the lowest price rate of regulator from the bidders. Henceforth we shall have to be careful,” he added.
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