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    Eight COVID-19 patients killed in India hospital fire

    Police stopped angry relatives from entering the Shrey Hospital after the tragedy


    Published:  August 06, 2020 10:54 Reuters

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    India: 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. Image Credit: AP
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    Police stopped angry relatives from entering the Shrey Hospital in Gujarat state's largest city after the tragedy which, according to emergency services, was caused by a medical staff member's personal protective equipment (PPE) catching alight. Image Credit: PTI
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    "A staffer whose PPE caught fire ran out of the ward to douse it but the fire spread rapidly to the whole ward," said Rajesh Bhatt, additional chief fire officer of the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services. Image Credit: PTI
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    "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. Image Credit: PTI
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    Bodies are shifted for post-mortem in an ambulance after a major fire broke out at Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad. Image Credit: PTI
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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet said "he was saddened by the tragic hospital fire" in his home state. Image Credit: AP
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    India's coronavirus cases rose by 56,282 on Thursday, taking the total to 1.96 million including 40,699 deaths. Image Credit: AP
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    A relative of a patient admitted at the Shrey hospital, where fire broke out early hours, consoles another in Ahmedabad, India. Image Credit: AP
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    Relatives of a patient admitted at the Shrey hospital, where fire broke out early hours, consoles another in Ahmedabad, India. Image Credit: AP
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    Relatives of a patient admitted at the Shrey hospital, where fire broke out early hours, consoles another in Ahmedabad, India. Image Credit: AP

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