Fire At Iraqi Covid Hospital Kills More Than 80, Sparks Anger By Ammar Karim and Salam Faraj
04/25/21 AT 6:38 AM
A fire that ravaged a Covid-19 hospital in Iraq s capital killed 82 people pre-dawn Sunday, sparking angry calls for officials to be sacked in a country with long-dilapidated health infrastructure.
Many of the victims were on respirators when the blaze at Baghdad s Ibn al-Khatib hospital started with an explosion caused by a fault in the storage of oxygen cylinders , medical sources told AFP.
Flames spread quickly across multiple floors in the middle of the night, as dozens of relatives were at the bedsides of the 30 patients in the hospital s intensive care unit where the most severe Covid-19 cases are treated, a medical source said.
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Fire kills 82 at Iraqi Covid hospital, health minister suspended
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BAGHDAD, April 25, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – More than 80 people died Sunday in a fire that ripped through an Iraqi Covid-19 hospital, sparking anger and prompting the suspension of top officials in a country with long-dilapidated health infrastructure.
Many of the victims were on respirators and were suffocated or burned in the smoke and flames when the blaze, at eastern Baghdad’s Ibn al-Khatib hospital, started with an explosion caused by “a fault in the storage of oxygen cylinders”, medical sources said.
The health ministry said 82 people were killed and 110 wounded, while the Iraqi Human Rights Commission said 28 of the victims were patients who had to be taken off ventilators to escape the flames.