10 perish in Maha Covid hospital ICU blaze
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Palghar, April 23 : At least 10 patients suffocated to death and several others injured in a massive fire that broke out in a Covid hospital in Virar early on Friday, officials said.
The blaze was noticed around 3.15 a.m. on the second floor ICU Ward in the 4-storied Vijay Vallabh Hospital of Tirupati Nagar and quickly spread to other wards, according to Virar Fire Brigade.
Several Covid-19 patients were undergoing treatment in the hospital and the staffers managed to shift around 5-6 of them to nearby hospitals.
Patients are being shifted to other nearby hospitals.
VIRAR: Thirteen Covid-19 patients died in a blaze at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Friday, police said.
There were 90 patients in the hospital, 18 of them in ICU when the fire broke out after a blast in the AC unit, an official said. The dead include five women and eight men.
TV visuals showed the smoke-filled ICU in a disarray after the blaze, with the ceiling falling off in some places, beds and other furniture strewn around and kin of the deceased wailing outside the hospital.
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Fire breaks out at Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Mumbai
A fire broke out at a hospital in Virar leading to deaths of as many as 13 people. The fire broke out early Friday morning at Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Virar in Mumbai. As per hospital CEO Dr Dilip Jain, 13 people have lost their lives in the blaze.
The fire at Vijay Vallabh Hospital started at 3:15 am. Fire fighters rushed in and extinguished the fire by 5:30 am. The blaze started due to a short-circuit in the air conditioner in the intensive care unit (ICU).