While 20 deaths were officially confirmed, authorities of different hospitals where injured where shifted last night put the toll at 22.While 20 deaths were officially confirmed, authorities of different hospitals where the injured where shifted last night put the toll at 22.All the 20 deceased have been identified and their bodies handed over to their families for cremation, an official said.State's Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said the priority was to provide 'proper' treatment to the patients from the fire-hit hospital who have been shifted to other medical facilities. The probe would also seek to ascertain whether proper fire safety measures had been followed at the hospital, Behera said. The state and Central government officials are in contact with us.Meanwhile, Union Health Minister J P Nadda in Delhi said, "The Prime Minister had sent instructions to me to check all the arrangements from the health point of view..Opposition Congress and BJP held the state government and the hospital authorities responsible for the tragedy.

Four employees of the hospital have been suspended following the fire while the institute would bear the treatment cost of the injured."Around 30 patients have been admitted to AIIMS and all facilities have been provided by us. In addition, a probe by the revenue China custom bandage factory divisional commissioner (RDC) has also been ordered, an official said.BJP leader and Union Minister Jual Oram alleged that the tragedy occurred as the state government and hospital authorities failed to discharge their responsibilities."After visiting the Sum Hospital, the Health Secretary said that the Intensive Care Unit and dialysis unit of the fire-hit medical facility have been sealed to ensure a proper investigation.At least seven fire tenders took around three hours to control the blaze and over a dozen ambulances were deployed to shift the critical patients to other hospitals.Besides the Capital Hospital, patients were shifted to Amri Hospital, AIIMS, Apollo Hospital, Kalinga Hospital, SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack and some other hospitals in the state capital region.State Governor S C Jamir visited the hospitals where the injured were undergoing treatment.

He said that guidelines had been issued for fire safety measures at hospitals in 2013 and prima facie it appeared that the fire was caused by an electric short circuit.As many as 106 persons, who were shifted from Sum Hospital following the blaze last night, are now undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the city, she said.While 20 deaths were officially confirmed, authorities of different hospitals where injured where shifted last night put the toll at 22. The Director, Medical Superintendent, specialists and doctors are present there since last night.DG (Fire Services) Binay Behera, who had supervised the fire-fighting operation at the hospital last night, also visited the medical facility today. Congress stalwart and Leader of Opposition NarasinghaMishra said the incident took place because of failure on the part of government to ensure proper fire safety measures at the hospital, while senior party leader Niranjan Patnaik termed the probes ordered by the government as an "eye-wash" and demanded a judicial inquiry.

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