Eight COVID-19 patients died in a fire that broke out in the intensive care ward of a private hospital in India's western city of Ahmedabad early on Thursday, officials said as they launched a probe into the incident.
Police officers and relatives stand outside a hospital where a fire broke out inside an intensive Care Unit treating patients infected with the coronavirus disease in Ahmedabad, India, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
Police stopped angry relatives from entering the Shrey Hospital in the Gujarat state capital after the tragedy which, according to emergency services, was caused by a medical staff member’s personal protective equipment catching alight. “Five men and three women, who were undergoing treatment for the novel coronavirus were not in a position to escape... they died due to smoke and heat caused by the fire,” he said.
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