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1578 Virar: Shattered windows panes after a fire at Vijay Vallabha hospital, in Virar on April 23, 2021. PTI
Maharashtra, April 23 Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in a blaze at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Friday, police said.
There were 90 patients in the hospital, 18 of them in the ICU, when the fire broke out after a blast in the AC unit, an official said. The dead include five women and eight men.
TV visuals showed the smoke-filled ICU in a disarray after the blaze, with the ceiling falling off in some places, beds and other furniture strewn around and kin of the deceased wailing outside the hospital.
Indian Hospitals Using Social Media to Beg for Oxygen as Country Sets COVID Record
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Hospitals in India have taken to begging the government on social media to replenish their oxygen supplies.
A major private hospital, Max Hospital, tweeted on Thursday that it had one hour of oxygen left at one of its locations and was waiting for supplies since the morning. It also filed a petition on Tuesday in the Delhi High Court that it was running out of oxygen, putting 400 patients at risk of dying, according to the
Associated Press.
India set a global record in daily infections for the second straight day with 332,730, and it is second only to the U.S. in overall cases, according to public data. With 16 million cases and 2,263 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours the country s underfunded health system is crumbling under the weight of what is now the world s worst coronavirus surge.
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India hospital fire kills 13 as nation struggles with oxygen shortage April 23, 2021
Ajoy Sehgal, a New Delhi s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital spokesperson, said he would not comment on whether 25 patients who died in the past 24 hours at the hospital died from a lack of oxygen. Courtesy photo
NEW DELHI A fire in western India killed 13 COVID-19 patients in hospital early on Friday amid rising infections in the country.
India reported a daily record in new cases, adding 332,730 in 24 hours.
The situation has worsened in the country as the nation s hospitals struggle to get oxygen supplies to treat patients.
Indian news agencies reported that a serious oxygen supply crisis was contributing to the deaths of COVID-19 patients.