Fire broke out at Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute in Kelambakkam, early on Saturday.
Patients were safely evacuated immediately after the fire broke out in the first floor of a building.
On receiving information, the fire fighters and water tenders from Siruseri, Vandalur and Tambaram were pressed into service. The fire fighters doused the fire after more than an hour. The glass skyscrapers were demolished to bring the fire under control.
As per initial information, medical equipments were gutted. An electrical short circuit is suspected to be the cause of the fire. Further investigation is on.