Representational PhotoThere were about two dozen patients at the intensive care unit in the hospital in Ahmadnagar districtFire tore through a hospital in western India on Saturday killing at least 11 coronavirus patients, officials said. There were about two dozen patients at the intensive care unit in the hospital in Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra state, when the fire broke out, officials said. The hospital ward, which was left a charred wreck, had been newly built for coronavirus patients. At least 16 Covid-19 patients and two nurses were killed in a blaze at a hospital in Gujarat state in May. In April, at least 13 Covid-19 patients were killed at a Mumbai clinic, which came just days after another hospital blaze in the city that left 22 dead.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 06, 2021 09:54 UTC