Bhubaneswar: Three volunteers, Sudhir Kumar Mallick, Chandan Munda and Sritam Rout, who were deployed at the Trauma Care ICU on Sunday night, immediately rushed to the ICU after hearing about the fire incident at around 2.40 am on Monday. They were volunteers of Sahay, an NGO engaged by the hospital to help patients and their…
Coir ropes being made at a BMC facility in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: To tackle heaps of used coconuts that became a visible part of municipal solid waste, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Monday issued a toll-free number, urging residents to report littered coconut waste for prompt collection and processing.The civic body said the move aimed to…
Kin wait at the mortuary of SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, on Monday Cuttack: Chaos reigned at the mortuary of SCB Medical College and Hospital with cries of kin rending the air and people frantically searching for their dear ones. And those who were able to find the bodies were inconsolable while accepting those….
Nurses enter SCB Medical College and Hospital on Monday Cuttack: Nursing officers of SCB Medical College and Hospital were the first responders when thick fumes started filling up the trauma care ICU in the wee hours of Monday all of a sudden.According to reports, three nursing officers – Oliva Patnaik, Sarojini Soren and Bhagyashree Majhi…
The Rayagada collector and officials trek to the villages Koraput: In a rare outreach initiative, Rayagada collector Ashutosh Kulkarni trekked several kilometres through rugged hilly terrain on Monday to visit remote hilltop villages in Gudari block and assess the availability of basic amenities for residents living in the inaccessible region.Kulkarni, accompanied by Gunupur sub-collector Abhishek…
Bhubaneswar: The SCB Medical College and Hospital fire in Cuttack in the early hours of Monday evoked memories of another devastating blaze a decade ago.On the evening of Oct 17, 2016, a fire broke out in the dialysis unit on the second floor of private SUM medical college and hospital in Bhubaneswar, claiming 21 lives….
Bhubaneswar: From flying MLAs to a Bengaluru resort to directing legislators to stay in Bhubaneswar, Congress and BJD did everything in their powers to keep the flock together as they looked to defeat the BJP-backed independent candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls, which had turned into a prestige battle.Despite all efforts, it couldn’t stop Dilip…
Kendrapada: With modern technologies for daily life and agriculture, Odisha is all set to get its first “smart village” in Kusunpur under Rajnagar block in Kendrapada district, home to 130 families with a population of 700.Aligning with the Prime Minister’s vision of “Viksit Bharat@2047, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), ministry of science and…
Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: An early morning fire in Cuttack’s state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital killed 12 patients, who were fast asleep, and left 20 others injured in what seems to have been caused by a short circuit in the first floor trauma ICU.As the flames engulfed the first floor and quickly spread to the second and…
People outside SCB Medical College and Hospital after the fire on Monday Cuttack: Alleging delay in raising an alarm following the fire incident in the trauma ICU of SCB Medical College and Hospital in the early hours of Monday, patient attendants said that shifting of patients was extremely slow, the place being a restricted area,…
