Home India 16 patients, 2 nurses die as fire breaks out in ICU of Bharuch Covid facility16 patients, 2 nurses die as fire breaks out in ICU of Bharuch Covid facilitySources said there were 24 patients in the ICU ward when the fire broke out at the Covid wing of the Welfare Hospital in Bharuch. At Welfare Hospital in Bharuch. (Photo: Bhupendra Rana)Sixteen Covid patients and two nurses were killed as a major fire broke out in the ICU of a hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch district in the early hours of Saturday. Sources said there were 24 patients in the ICU ward when the fire broke out at the Covid wing of the Welfare Hospital in Bharuch. Talking to the Indian Express Bharuch SP Rajendrasinh Chudasma said, “Sixteen patients and two nurses died in the incident, while other patients were shifted to private hospitals.

Source: Indian Express May 01, 2021 22:07 UTC