Shahjahanpur (UP), May 25 -- Chaos gripped the patients and their attendants after gas made of formalin chemical leaked in Government Medical College of Shahjahanpur district here in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, official sources said here.

Sources said that the patients and their attendants, who complained of having difficulty in breathing and burning sensation in the eyes, came out of the ward. The fire brigade team reduced the effect of the gas by spraying special water, they said.

District Magistrate Dharmendra Pratap Singh said that heavy smoke emitted from the operation theatre of Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil Government Medical College of Shahjahanpur, after which the patients and their attendants started having irritation in the eyes and di...