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LONDON A catastrophic fire in a hospital in Iraq has killed dozens of patients who were being treated there.
At least 82 patients have been killed in the massive fire at the Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad.
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People gather outside Ibn Khatib hospital after a fire caused by an oxygen tank explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, April 25, 2021.
Iraq Interior Ministry: 82 killed in Baghdad hospital fire
By SAMYA KULLABApril 25, 2021 GMT
BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.
Negligence on the part of hospital authorities has been blamed for the Saturday night fire, which initial reports suggest was caused when an oxygen cylinder exploded in the ward of Ibn al-Khatib hospital. Iraq’s prime minister fired key hospital officials hours after the catastrophic incident.
Among the dead were at least 28 patients on ventilators battling severe symptoms of the virus, tweeted Ali al-Bayati, a spokesman of the country’s independent Human Rights Commission. The commission is a semi-official body.
January 10, 2021 at 10:49 am | Published in: Iraq, Middle East, News
Protesters set fire to buildings and government offices in Iraq on 8 December 2020 [Fariq Faraj Mahmood/Anadolu Agency] January 10, 2021 at 10:49 am
At least two people were assassinated in as many days, with 43 injured, including safety members, and 30 arrested in protests in Dhi Qar province Iraq, according to the country s top human-rights watchdog,
Anadolu reports.
In addition to assassinations and kidnappings, security forces use of tear gas, real and plastic bullets, and demonstrators use of stones were documented, said Iraq s Independent High Commission for Human Rights.
It called for calm and dialogue regarding the unrest.