Live
- Nagarkurnool: Burglary in a locked house
- Nadda asks voters to unseat BJD govt
- KCR Rally at Hanumakonda Chowrastha Road Show for Warangal Parliamentary Elections
- Yastika, Renuka Thakur star in India’s 44-run win over Bangladesh in T20I series opener
- Sai Sangeeta won gold medal for India in Dubai Asian Championship
- BSP's Akash Anand booked for hate speech against BJP
- Two die of sunstroke in Kerala, heat alert sounded in parts of state
- IPL 2024: Will Jacks, Kohli shock Gujarat, keep RCB's playoff hopes alive
- IPL 2024: 'Can't sit and speak from a box', Virat Kohli slams strike-rate critics
- ISL 2023-24: We have to give our everything, says FC Goa's Fernandes ahead of semis clash with Mumbai City
Govt Hospital OT set on fire, no casualty at Nakrekal
Representational image
Unidentified persons are believed to have set afire the operation theater of a 30-bed government hospital, Nakrekal in Nalgonda district in the early hours of Wednesday
Nakrekal (Nalgonda): Unidentified persons are believed to have set afire the operation theater of a 30-bed government hospital, Nakrekal in Nalgonda district in the early hours of Wednesday. According to hospital staff the fire incident occurred after 2 am. The theater contained two oxygen cylinders, which could have caused an explosion if the fire had spread. The maternity and male ward had over 25 patients at the time of incident.
Hospital superintendent Dr G Srinathanaidu confirmed that delivery operations had been conducted in the theater till midnight, after which the fire broke out.
Hospital staff quickly responded to the fire and prevented it from spreading, but several items, including the AC machine, boiler operator unit, surgical equipment, and BP apparatus had damaged. The estimated property damage is around Rs 2 lakh. The police have launched an investigation, and a case has been registered. DCHS Dr D Matru, CI Raghavrao and SI Gopikrishna visited the spot to assess the situation.
