8 killed in a COVID-19 hospital fire in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: Eight people have died in a massive fire at a private hospital in Coronavirus early Thursday in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
The blast took place at Shrey Hospital in Navarangpura area of ​​Ahmedabad at around 3 am, eight ambulances and 10 ambulances of the fire brigade reached the spot. Five men and three women - admitted to the ICU ward - died.

About 45 patients were admitted to the 50-bed hospital at the time of the accident; An official said that the rest of them have been rescued and shifted to the city's civil hospital, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi mourned the deaths in his home state. "Saddened by the fire at the Sad hospital in Ahmedabad. Condolences to the bereaved families. The injured may be cured soon. Talked to CM @vijayrupanibjp ji and Mayor @ibijalpatel ji about the situation. Administration affected (sic) Providing all possible assistance. ”He tweeted this morning.

Footage from the scene showed fire officials outside the hospital as family members of the patients doing rescue work - disturbed as news of the fire - tried to get more information about them.

"The families of those who lost their lives in the hospital fire in Ahmedabad will be given an ex-gratia amount of Rs 2 lakh from the PMNRF. Each Rs 50,000 will be given to the people injured due to the hospital fire." , "A tweet by the Prime Minister's Office read.

Sources said the short circuit caused the explosion. The bodies of eight patients have been taken for postmortem.

With more than 65,000 coronavirus cases, Gujarat is one of the 10 most hit states in India since the outbreak. So far, about 48,000 patients have been cured.

In India, more than 1.9 million patients have been affected by the epidemic; More than 39,000 people have died due to the highly contagious disease.

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