ഗുജറാത്തിലെ കോവിഡ് ആശുപത്രിയിൽ തീപ്പിടിത്തം

ഗുജറാത്തിലെ കോവിഡ് ആശുപത്രിയിൽ തീപ്പിടിത്തം ഗുജറാത്തിലെ സ്വകാര്യ ആശുപത്രിയിൽ ബുധനാഴ്ച രാവിലെയുണ്ടായ വൻ തീപ്പിടിത്തത്തിൽ എട്ടു പേർ മരിച്ചു.

അഹമ്മദാബാദ് നവരംഗ്പുരയിലെ കോവിഡ് ചികിത്സാകേന്ദ്രമായ ശ്രേയ് ആശുപത്രിയിലാണ് തീപ്പിടിത്തമുണ്ടായത്. തീവ്രപരിചരണ വിഭാഗത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിപ്പിച്ചിരുന്ന എട്ട് രോഗികള്‍ അപകടത്തിൽ മരിച്ചതെന്ന് പിടിഐ റിപ്പോർട്ട് ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Ahmedabad: 8 patients dead as fire breaks out at Covid-19 hospital; saddened by tragedy, tweets PM Modi

At least eight patients died after a major fire broke out at a Covid-19 hospital in Ahmedabad in the wee hours of Thursday.

All eight victims, including five men and three women, were novel coronavirus patients admitted to hospital. They were being treated at the ICU ward of the Covid-19 designated Shrey Hospital in Navrangpura area of Ahmedabad, an official said.

“Eight coronavirus patients admitted in the ICU ward of Shrey Hospital have died due to the fire, which has been doused,” said an official of the Ahmedabad Fire Department.

A healthcare worker was also injured in the fire, the official added.

The fire broke out at the Ahmedabad hospital around 3.30 am in the ICU unit of, police said.

Several fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames. The fire was finally brought under control at 4.22 am, officials said. The cause of the fire is not known yet, he said.

Around 40 other Covid-19 patients at Shrey Hospital were rescued and shifted to a civic hospital in the city.

As per officials, around 50 Covid-19 patients were admitted to Shrey Hospital. Of these, 10 were in the ICU unit of the Ahmedabad hospital.

With 1,073 new coronavirus positive cases, Gujarat’s Covid-19 tally reached 66,777 on Wednesday. The number of deceased has gone up to 2,557, an official said.