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Mathura/Uttar Pradesh: A concerning incident of chlorine gas leakage from a cylinder stored within the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) office campus at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh has resulted in the hospitalization of at least ten nursing students. Dramatic visuals from the CMO campus showed several nursing students struggling to breath and being given medical help.
According to Mathura CMO Dr. Ajay Kumar Verma, the situation was first detected when a strange smell was noticed. The fire department was called and they inspected the area and successfully controlled the situation. However, the smell resurfaced by 11 a.m. the next day.
According to the fire department who rushed to the incident site, the issue had been prevailing since the previous evening, when they were first called in to address the situation. The chlorine gas leak happened from a storage cylinder at the CMO’s office campus in Mathura. The incident sent nursing students and staff in panic, raising concerns about potential health hazards.
“There has been an issue of cylinder since yesterday but no immediate action has been taken. Suddenly, everyone has fallen ill today. Everyone knew of the situation but no action was taken,” a nursing student said. Visuals of the incident showed several nursing students coughing and being carried out. Some even collapsed on the ground while others struggled to breath.
“The team has been here to control the situation for an hour now. It happened yesterday too but it was controlled. Now the leakage is happening again,” the officer present at the scene told reporters.
Nursing students affected by the chlorine gas leak pointed out the lack of prompt action from the authorities.
Nursing students who were present at the time of the leakage said, “There has been a problem with the cylinder since yesterday, but no considerable action has been taken. Suddenly, today, everyone has fallen ill. Everyone knew about the situation, but no immediate action was taken to prevent this dangerous incident.”
