Kolkata: Heavy rain caused Water flows into hospital buildings after overnight rain
Kolkata: Heavy rain caused Water flows into hospital buildings after overnight rain
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Kolkata: Some of the hospitals in Kolkata were inundated on Monday following heavy rain overnight, causing inconvenience to patients, and doctors and other hospital staff.

As per reports, At SSKM Hospital, the ground floor of the gynaecology and cardiology buildings were flooded. Doctors, nurses and other hospital staff and relatives of patients had to wade through the water. At the SSKM, Public Works Department employees rushed to the spot and cleared the clogged drains to clear the water.Water further entered the ground floor of all buildings at the KPC Medical College and Hospital in Jadavpur. An official said the road in front of the hospital  ( Raja SC Mullick Road) was flooded.

Rainwater went inside and flooded the store of Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine on the ground floor and damaged several life-saving drugs, other medicines and oxygen cylinders kept there. "By night, the rainwater will be cleared and unless there is fresh downpour we do not think there will be any flooding inside the OPD of the gynaecology section at the SSKM," a PWD official said.

West Bengal experienced heavy rain since Sunday night and throughout Monday morning. The weathermen forecast more downpours in the next 24 hours. 

 

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