Bhubaneswar, Sept. 28 -- Bhubaneswar: Days after a major fire broke out at the ICU of Cuttack's Sadguru Covid Hospital, the Directorate of Fire Services issued a circular to all Range Fire Officers and other senior officials to conduct fire safety audits and emergency drill at all the Covid dedicated hospitals and Covid care centres of Odisha once in every two weeks.

The order approved by Odisha DGP (Fire Services) Satyajit Mohanty focused on inspection and evacuation drill at the Covid facilities and they have been asked to follow a daily maintenance schedule as per the checklist highlighting to-do list and precautionary measures to avoid such situation in the future.

This apart, the in-charge of the COVID facilities would designate on...