Noida: At least 67 employees of a
multinational company were admitted to hospital on Tuesday
following a suspected gas leak on its premises.
The incident was reported from the washing machine unit
of South Korea-based Samsung in Noida Phase-II around 5 pm,
sources said.
A company spokesperson, however, denied that there was
a gas leakage from the unit saying no gas was used there for
any process.
Kailash Hospital Chairman Mahesh Sharma said around 67
people were admitted with complaints of headache, nausea and
breathlessness.
Most of them were discharged from hospital but eight are
still under observation, of which six are in the ICU, the
company spokesperson said adding the management suspect that
gas might have leaked from vehicles which were passing through
its premises.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 22:40