At the time of the incident, 17 patients were in the affected ward.
In India on Saturday, November 6, as a result of a fire in a hospital ward for patients COVID-19 eleven people were killed.
This was reported by The Associated Press.
It is noted that a fire broke out in a medical facility in the city of Ahmednagar in the state of Maharashtra. At the time of the incident, there were 17 patients in the injured ward.
According to police inspector Jyoti Karkade, the condition of six patients is stable. The fire was extinguished, but the causes of the fire remain unknown. The investigation continues.
The newspaper notes that this is not the first such case in the country. “Poor maintenance and lack of proper fire-fighting equipment often lead to fatal fires in India,” the AR points out.
On April 23, 13 COVID patients died in the Indian state of Maharashtra as a result of a fire -19. A fire broke out in an intensive care unit.
The incident came just two days after at least 24 patients at Zakir Hussein Municipal Hospital in Nashik city died as a result of lack of oxygen .
