Fire kills 13 Covid patients in Indian hospital
Tragedy in Mumbai comes only two days after 22 coronavirus patients died in an oxygen leak at another Maharashtra hospital
Updated: April 23, 2021 10:47 AM GMT
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Policemen stand guard as hospital workers move patients from the Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Virar on the outskirts of Mumbai on April 23 after a fire killed 13 coronavirus patients. (Photo: AFP)
A fire in a hospital in India s Mumbai city has killed 13 Covid-19 patients, adding to the challenges of spiraling pandemic cases in Maharashtra, India s richest and most industrialized state.
The accident on April 23 in Vijay Vallabh Hospital in state capital Mumbai comes two days after 22 Covid-19 patients died after an oxygen leak led to a drop in air pressure to ventilators at a hospital in Nashik in Maharashtra.