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Covid-19 patients killed by explosion in ICU at Turkish hospital 19 Dec 2020 Topics Fast News A high-flow oxygen therapy machine used in the treatment of Covid-19 patients had exploded and caused a fire at a hospital in Turkey s Gaziantep. Seven patients died on the scene and another died on the way to another hospital. (AA) A fire at a private hospital in southeastern Turkey has killed at least 10 patients, the country s health minister said. The painful incident that occurred in an intensive care unit in Gaziantep upset us all,” Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter on Saturday. “Other patients affected by the fire were transferred to nearby hospitals by our emergency teams, he said, later adding that one of them had died. ....
The first New Jerseyan to receive a vaccine for Covid-19 was a nurse at University Hospital in Newark who was celebrating her birthday on Tuesday. Prior to getting the vaccine, the technician administering the dose asked Maritza Beniquez, 56, if she had been exposed to Covid-19 in the last 14 days. “Yes,“ said Beniquez, who works in the hospital’s emergency room. “Every day.” Moments later, ambulatory care technician Sady Ferguson injected the Pfizer vaccine into Beniquez’s right arm. Beniquez leaned back and clapped as University Hospital officials, Gov. Phil Murphy, First Lady Tammy Murphy, Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli and Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo looked on. ....