Lucknow, April 15 -- The Outpatient Department (OPD) services at Lokbandhu Hospital in Lucknow resumed on Tuesday morning, hours after a fire broke out there on Monday night.

As per Hospital Director Sangeeta Gupta, "OPD services have resumed. All OPD doctors are present here to attend to the patients."

The fire affected three wards of the hospital, including the ICU. Following the fire, all the patients were transferred to nearby hospitals. Several patients were shifted to the Civil Hospital in Lucknow.

According to Civil Hospital Director Rajesh Srivastava, 24 patients were transferred to Civil Hospital, two of whom were admitted to the ICU. Meanwhile, one patient died on the way and was kept in the mortuary for a postmortem, Srivast...