Staff member injured as oxygen cylinder bursts at Lucknow hospital

A staff member of a state-run hospital here on Monday was injured when the regulator of an oxygen cylinder exploded due to pressure, an official said.

The victim suffered minor injuries in his hand, the official said.

The incident took place at the Dr Ram



Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences when the man was preparing the cylinder for taking it to the ICU, the hospital’s spokesperson Dr Bhuvan Chandra Tiwari said.

No patient suffered any injury in the incident that occurred on the second floor of the hospital building, he said.