The surgery was going on on the ground floor of the hospital. Suddenly a fire broke out in the wooden-roofed hospital building, and smoke billowed inside. But the medical team did not give up. Even in this situation, they perform open heart surgery on one patient. At that time 60 patients were admitted in the hospital.The incident took place on April 2 in the eastern Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, AFP reported.
"We have done everything we can to save that patient," Valentin Filatov, the head of the surgical team, told state television.According to the Amur Regional Branch of the Ministry of Emergency Services, electricity was supplied to the operating room from another line. The firefighters made sure that no smoke could be spread in the room.
The patient was shifted to another hospital soon after the surgery. Apart from this, other patients of the hospital were also removed quickly.
Physician Antonia Somolina said hospital staff were not panicked at all.
Fire breaks out due to electrical disturbances. However, the fire was extinguished without any casualties.Local authorities have promised to reward those medical teams and firefighters.