For sufferers already preventing to get well from the trauma of burns, the irony couldn’t have been extra merciless. Within the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday (July 1, 2025), a hearth broke out contained in the Mahabodhi Burns Ward of the State-run Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, resulting in worry and panic amongst sufferers and their attenders.

As smoke engulfed the unit, 26 sufferers, together with 5 within the ICU, have been hurriedly evacuated. For these already scarred by burns, the worry of dealing with yet one more fireplace was each surreal and terrifying.

Quick circuit in a swap board

The hearth, which broke out round 3 a.m., is suspected to have originated from a brief circuit in a swap board within the seminar room adjoining to the ward on the primary flooring of the constructing. A feminine resident physician, who seen the smoke, instantly knowledgeable the authorities. There have been 10 sufferers on the primary flooring.

Responding swiftly to the scenario, the hospital authorities, with help from the hearth and emergency providers, safely evacuated all 26 sufferers, together with 5 who have been being handled within the ICU. The sufferers have been instantly shifted to the H-Block of the hospital to make sure uninterrupted care.

Hospital officers confirmed that no casualties or accidents have been reported within the incident. Immediate motion by the hospital employees and emergency groups helped forestall the fireplace from spreading additional.

Transferred sufferers obtain uninterrupted care

Ramesh Krishna, Dean and Director of Bangalore Medical School and Analysis Institute (BMCRI), Deepak S, Medical Superintendent, and Yogeshwarappa C N, Head of the Division of Plastic Surgical procedure and Burns on the hospital, supervised the evacuation and affected person switch.

“Because of the short response of our employees and the hearth division, all sufferers are secure and proceed to obtain medical care within the alternate facility,” stated Dr Krishna.

Repairs, security checks underway

Fireplace personnel introduced the scenario underneath management in a brief span, and cooling operations have been accomplished quickly after. “As quickly as we bought an alert, Code Purple and Code Orange have been activated. There have been 24 employees on obligation on the ward within the evening and people of us who have been at house rushed to get the sufferers evacuated. Fortuitously, not one of the ICU sufferers have been on a ventilator. We ensured their oxygen provide was not interrupted in the course of the evacuation,”  Dr. Yogeshwarappa advised The Hindu.

“It was actually chaotic as we needed to reassure the sufferers and their attenders that every thing was okay. There have been seven paediatric sufferers out of which two have been within the ICU. We carried some youngsters in our arms and shifted them for faster evacuation,” he stated, including all the course of together with evacuation and was accomplished inside an hour..

The burns ward space is presently underneath inspection, and regular providers are anticipated to renew after needed repairs and security checks, he added.