Chlorine gas leak at SCB medical college campus, 40 ill
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Cuttack: At least 40 people were taken ill when they came in contact with chlorine gas which leaked from the pump house located on the campus of SCB Medical College and Hospital here, officials said.
Those who came in contact with the gas, including patients and attendants inside the hospital complained of nausea, chest pain and vomiting. Many of them are hospitalised and undergoing treatment. Conditions of three are stated to be serious and they have been shifted to ICU, hospital sources said.
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