Watch: 18 charred to death in Covid hospital fire in Bharuch, Gujarat
It is learnt that the hospital building did not have a No Objection Certificate (NOC) mandatory to be obtained from the fire department
Saturday May 1, 2021 12:34 PM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS
Gandhinagar: At least 18 Covid-19 patients died due a fire at a Covid designated hospital in Bharuch district on Saturday morning.
Over 50-60 patients were admitted in the Patel Welfare Hospital when the fire broke out in the ICU ward at midnight. The fire officers have said that the hospital did not have an NOC for fire.
The fire erupted in the middle of the night in the designated Covid hospital on the Bharuch-Jambusar highway, around 190 km from the state capital Ahmedabad. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, according to the officials.
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The fire was controlled within an hour and around 50 patients were rescued and shifted to nearby hospitals.
By IANS| Updated: 1st May 2021 3:21 pm IST (Photo: ANI/Twitter)
Gandhinagar: At least 16 Covid-19 patients died due to a fire at a Covid designated hospital in Bharuch district on Saturday morning. Over 50-60 patients were admitted to the Patel Welfare Hospital when the fire broke out in the ICU ward at midnight. The fire officers have said that the hospital did not have a NOC for fire.
The fire erupted in the middle of the night in the designated Covid hospital on the Bharuch-Jambusar highway, around 190 km from the state capital Ahmedabad. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, according to the officials.
16 killed in fire at Bharuch Covid hospital, probe ordered
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Gandhinagar, May 1 : At least 16 Covid-19 patients died due a fire at a Covid designated hospital in Bharuch district on Saturday morning. Over 50-60 patients were admitted in the Patel Welfare Hospital when the fire broke out in the ICU ward at midnight. The fire officers have said that the hospital did not have an NOC for fire.
The fire erupted in the middle of the night in the designated Covid hospital on the Bharuch-Jambusar highway, around 190 km from the state capital Ahmedabad. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, according to the officials.
19 killed in Gujarat s Bharuch Hospital fire (Ld)
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Gandhinagar, May 1 : At least 17 Covid-19 patients and two from medical staff have died after fire broke out in the Bharuch designated Covid hospital on Saturday morning. Over 50-60 patients were admitted in the Patel Welfare Hospital when the fire broke out in the ICU ward at midnight. The fire officers have said that the hospital did not have an NOC for fire. A fire erupted around 12.30 midnight in one of the two ICU care units in the Patel Welfare hospital in Bharuch, a designated Covid hospital on the Jambusar highway bypass. Immediately, the police, the collector and fire fighters rushed to the spot and with combined efforts, the fire has been doused, said Rajendra Chudasama, the Superintendent of Police (SP), Bharuch.