The doctor who tried to save patients from the fire is in critical condition. Tataru: “He will go to Belgium in the morning” | News, News Romania | Freedom

UPDATE 01.30. After midnight, operations began to transfer the injured doctor to Bucharest, and from there he will be transferred to Brussels in the morning.

UPDATE 23:30. “The doctor has burns in 40% of the body surface, the majority of grade 2-3. He is aware, I spoke with him “, said Nelu Tătaru for Libertatea.

“An exception is made for us, because arrivals from abroad are not accepted during this period. Tonight, the doctor will arrive in Bucharest, in Floreasca, then tomorrow morning he will depart by military plane for the Burn Center of the Brussels Military Hospital ”, Also declared the Minister of Health.

“The Belgians do not receive anything from abroad, but they make an exception for us, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban also spoke there,” the Health Minister told the newspaper.

The doctor who was on duty Saturday night at Neamț County Hospital when the fire broke out was seriously injured trying to pull hospitalized patients from the ATI department out of the flames, Lucian Micu, hospital manager, told Digi24. . The doctor, the only one on call, is now in critical condition, with first and second degree burns on 80 percent of the body surface.

“The doctor managed to get the eight patients out of the other room, before the flames spread there, and then he tried to get those out of the room that was already on fire. The nurse offered to help. I did not speak with the doctor who intervened, ”said manager Lucian Micu, in an intervention at Digi24.

The nurse also suffered first degree burns, but it is not serious, the manager also said.

The doctor will be transferred to Iasi and, from there, by military helicopter to Bucharest, to the Floreasca Hospital.

Ten people lost their lives in the fire that broke out Saturday night at Neamț County Hospital, and another seven are in critical condition. From the first information, the fire allegedly started from a short circuit.