Gujarat: Fire at Covid care centre in Bhavnagar town; 61 patients shifted
Smoke engulfed the third floor of the Generation X Hotel facility, where the patients were kept, said senior fire officer of Bhavnagar fire brigade, Bharat Kanada.
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AHMEDABAD: A fire broke out at a hotel- turned-Covid care centre in Gujarat s Bhavnagar town in the wee hours Wednesday, officials said, adding nobody was hurt.
Altogether 61 coronavirus patients were shifted from the facility to other hospitals after the minor fire and smoke , an official said.
There were 68 patients at the facility when the fire broke out.
Gujarat government faces HC fire over COVID-19 hospital blaze
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Last Updated: May 11, 2021, 05:18 PM IST
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A division bench expressed surprise over Advocate General Kamal Trivedi s submission that the COVID-19 facility at the trust-run Bharuch Welfare Hospital, where the fire on May 1 killed 18 people, was set up surreptitiously, without intimating the authorities .
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The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday criticised the state government over the recent fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Bharuch, saying it was contemptuous on its part to not remain vigilant and avoid such incidents, and cited many orders passed in this regard in the past.
Somebody Has To Be Made Accountable : High Court On Gujarat Hospital Fire Somebody Has To Be Made Accountable : High Court On Gujarat Hospital Fire The court expressed surprise over the lawyer s submission that the Covid facility at the Bharuch Welfare Hospital, where the fire on May 1 killed 18 people, was set up surreptitiously, without intimating the authorities .
Updated: May 11, 2021 6:32 pm IST
Sixteen Covid patients and 2 nurses were killed in a fire at a hospital in Gujarat s Bharuch. (File)
Ahmedabad:
The Gujarat High Court today criticised the state government over the recent fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Bharuch, saying it was contemptuous on its part to not remain vigilant and avoid such incidents, and cited many orders passed in this regard in the past.
The Gujarat high court expressed surprise over Trivedi s submission and said if the state was not intimated about a Covid-19 facility, how was it possible for it to compile data on coronavirus patients who are hospitalised.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday criticised the state government over the recent fire at a Covid-19 hospital in Bharuch, saying it was contemptuous on its part to not remain vigilant and avoid such incidents, and cited many orders passed in this regard in the past.
A division bench expressed surprise over Advocate General Kamal Trivedi s submission that the Covid-19 facility at the trust-run Bharuch Welfare Hospital, where the fire on May 1 killed 18 people, was set up surreptitiously, without intimating the authorities .
The division bench of the Gujarat High Court has reprimanded the Gujarat government for not taking a "serious note" of its orders passed on real-time hospital bed availability during a hearing held over the second wave of Covid-19 in .