Fire in Iraq hospital kills 82 Covid patients
Fire in Iraq hospital kills 82 Covid patients
Agencies / Updated: Apr 26, 2021, 06:00 IST
Tragedy struck
Baghdad’s Ibn al-Khatib hospital when an oxygen cylinder exploded in the ICU, according to reports
BAGHDAD At least 82 Covid patients were killed and 110 injured in a Baghdad Covid-19 hospital fire in the wee hours on Sunday, the Iraqi interior ministry said. At least 28 patients were on ventilators battling
severe symptoms of the virus.
“The interior ministry announces the death of 82 people and injury of 110 in the Ibn al-Khatib fire accident,” it said in a statement carried by state media.
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The fire started on a floor designated for patients in the pulmonary intensive care unit. (AP photo)
BAGHDAD: Iraq s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.
Negligence on the part of hospital authorities has been blamed for the Saturday night fire, which initial reports suggest was caused when an oxygen cylinder exploded in the ward of Ibn al-Khatib hospital. Iraq s prime minister fired key hospital officials hours after the catastrophic incident.
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BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.
Negligence on the part of hospital authorities has been blamed for the Saturday night fire, which initial reports suggest was caused when an oxygen cylinder exploded in the ward of Ibn al-Khatib hospital. Iraq’s prime minister fired key hospital officials hours after the catastrophic incident.
Among the dead were at least 28 patients on ventilators battling severe symptoms of the virus, tweeted Ali al-Bayati, a spokesman of the country’s independent Human Rights Commission. The commission is a semi-official body.