Lift at Chittagong hospital falls, two injured

A lift at Chittagong hospital has fallen, injuring two persons.

Chittagong Bureaubdnews24.com
Published : 18 Jan 2017, 02:17 PM
Updated : 18 Jan 2017, 02:17 PM

The elevator at Chattagrqam Maa-O-Shishu Hospital at Agrabad's CDA area fell around 6:45pm on Wednesday.

The two injured persons were being treated at the hospital's emergency ward, Fire Service official Jashim Uddin told bdnews24.com.

They were on the lift when it fell while coming down to the ground floor of the five-storey building, he said.

One of them has been identified as 'Saiful'. His details and the name of the other injured person were not available immediately, the Fire Service official said.

One of them has his one leg broken and the other received head injury.

"We are investigating why the elevator fell," Jashim said.