At least 18 coronavirus patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch in the early hours on Saturday.
According to the report by news agency PTI, at least 18 coronavirus patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch in the early hours on Saturday.
The heartbreaking visuals of tragedy showed remains of some patients on stretchers and beds.
When the fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward at 1 am, there were around 50 other patients at the four-storeyed Welfare Hospital. According to an official, they were rescued by locals and firefighters.
“As per information at 6.30 am, the death count in the tragedy stood at 18. Immediately after the fire, we had confirmation of 12 deaths,” a police official told PTI.
A senior police officer in Bharuch, Rajendrasinh Chudasama said the 12 patients in the COVID-19 ward died due to the fire and resultant smoke.
It is not clear if the remaining six also died in the Welfare Hospital or while being shifted to other hospitals.
Around 190 km from Ahmedabad, the COVID-19 designated hospital is situated on the Bharuch-Jambusar highway and is being run by a trust.
The official said the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
A fire official said the fire was controlled within an hour and around 50 patients were rescued by locals as well as firefighters, adding that they were shifted to nearby hospitals.
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