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Fire kills 13 COVID-19 patients in hospital in western India
Ambulances carrying COVID-19 patients line up waiting for their turn to be attended at a dedicated COVID-19 government hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, April 22, 2021. India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world s second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) April 22, 2021 - 7:48 PM
NEW DELHI - A fire broke out in the intensive care unit of a hospital in western India early Friday, killing 13 COVID-19 patients, a hospital official said.
By NEHA MEHROTRA and ASHOK SHARMA
Associated Press Apr 23, 2021
1 hr ago
NEW DELHI (AP) India put oxygen tankers on special express trains as major hospitals in New Delhi on Friday begged on social media for more supplies to save COVID-19 patients who are struggling to breathe. More than a dozen people died when an oxygen-fed fire ripped through a coronavirus ward in a populous western state.
India’s underfunded health system is tattering as the world’s worst coronavirus surge wears out the nation, which set another global record in daily infections for a second straight day with 332,730.
India has confirmed 16 million cases so far, second only to the United States in a country of nearly 1.4 billion people. India has recorded 2,263 deaths in the past 24 hours for a total of 186,920.
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Union Ministers Harsh Vardhan, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari condoled the deaths of 13 patients in Palghar hospital fire on Friday. [Photo/ANI]
Union Ministers condole loss of lives in Maharashtra s Palghar hospital fire ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 10:03 IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Union Ministers on Friday expressed their shock over the death of 13 people who died in a fire that broke out at Vijay Vallabh COVID care hospital in Virar area of Maharashtra s Palghar district and extended their condolences. Disturbed by the heart-breaking news of the death of many people due to fire in the ICU of Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Virar, Maharashtra. May God give peace to the departed souls and the family to bear this trauma. I wish all the injured well soon, tweeted Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
President Kovind condoles loss of lives in Maharashtra s Palghar hospital fire ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 11:36 IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday expressed shock over the death of 13 people who died in a fire that broke out at Vijay Vallabh COVID care hospital in Virar area of Maharashtra s Palghar district and extended his condolences.
President Kovind in a tweet said, The news of the casualties of the patients due to the fire at Covid Hospital in Virar, Mumbai is deeply saddening. My heartfelt condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in this heartbreaking accident. I wish all other patients a quick recovery.