Patient burnt alive in oxygen cylinder blast

New Delhi, June 28: A 55-year-old patient, on late Monday, was burnt alive after an oxygen cylinder blasted at the ICU room in government PGIMER hospital here, police said.

“Kindar Singh, a cancer patient, was burnt alive after the oxygen cylinder blasted around 11.35 PM. The deceased was hospitalised there for a month,” they said.

The deceased hails from Doraha in Punjab’s Ludhiana district. Investigation is on into the matter, they said.

–Agencies