The fire broke out in the ICU of the Uday Shivanand Hospital in the Mavdi area around 1 am. (AND ME)
Highlight
- The fire broke out at Uday Shivanand Hospital around 1 a.m.
- 30 patients who were being treated in the hospital were rescued: Report
- Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has ordered an investigation into the incident.
New Delhi:
Five patients died after a fire broke out in the ICU of a designated COVID-19 hospital in Gujarat’s Rajkot in the early hours of Friday.
Thirty other coronavirus patients who were being treated at the hospital were rescued, the reports added. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has ordered an investigation into the incident, the ANI news agency reported.
The fire broke out in the ICU of Uday Shivanand Hospital in the Mavdi area around 1 a.m. Friday. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
“We rushed to the scene and rescued 30 patients after a call was received reporting the fire. Three patients died inside the ICU,” a fire department official said according to the PTI news agency.
The rescued patients have been transferred to other COVID-19 hospitals, it added.
In August, eight COVID-19 patients died after a fire broke out on the top floor of a four-story private hospital in Ahmedabad.
(with PTI and ANI inputs)
.
