In a heart-wrenching incident, at least 11 COVID-19 patients were killed and seven sustained burn injuries on Saturday after a major fire broke out in the ICU ward of the civil hospital in Ahmednagar.
A hospital fire that occurred in western India on April 23 killed at least 15 patients infected with the Wuhan coronavirus. The blaze at a hospital in Maharashtra state followed an earlier mishap [.]
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Updated May 1, 2021
A policeman inspects a burnt-out room at the Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Virar, on the outskirts of Mumbai, on April 23, 2021, after a fire broke out in the ICU of the hospital, killing thirteen Covid-19 coronavirus infected patients. (Photo by Vinamra ACHAREKAR / AFP)
At least 16 COVID-19 patients and two nurses died Saturday in the latest in a series of hospital fires in India, officials said, as the country’s health care system buckles under a surge in cases.
There were around 50 other patients at the four-storey hospital in Bharuch in the western state of Gujarat when the blaze began at 1:00 am (0730 GMT). It has since been put out.
Maharashtra: Fire breaks out at hospital in Thane, 4 patients die
Maharashtra: Fire breaks out at hospital in Thane, 4 patients die
The fire broke out in the Prime Criticare Hospital at Kausa in Mumbra at around 3.40 am, officials said, and has now been brought under control. Photo: ANI
Updated: Apr 28, 2021, 07:52 AM IST
Four patients died after a fire broke out in a private hospital near Maharashtra s Thane on Wednesday (April 28).
The fire broke out in the Prime Criticare Hospital at Kausa in Mumbra at around 3.40 am, officials said, and has now been brought under control. As many as three fire engines and five ambulances had been rushed to the spot to rescue patients. At least 20 patients were rescued - of which six were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).