: Iraq: At least 82 dead in a fire at Baghdad hospital treating Covid-19 patients #IndiaNEWS At least 82 people died and 110 were wounded after a fire broke out in the intensive care unit of a hospital

Iraq: At least 82 dead in a fire at Baghdad hospital treating Covid-19 patients #IndiaNEWS
At least 82 people died and 110 were wounded after a fire broke out in the intensive care unit of a hospital treating severe coronavirus patients in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad on Saturday night, AP reported.The incident took place at Ibn al-Khatib hospital in the Diyala Bridge area after oxygen tanks exploded, two health officials at the facility told CNN.The blaze raged across the second floor of the hospital and relatives of the patients scrambled to save their loved ones. At least 28 patients who died were on ventilators in Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit wards, according to Ali al-Bayati, a spokesperson of Iraq’s independent Human Rights Commission.[VIDEO] CCTV shows first moments of Baghdad hospital fire t.co/UlZqMCOcSy pic.twitter.com/nQVrVsInbG— ANADOLU AGENCY (ENG) (@anadoluagency) April 25, 2021 The fire caused many of the oxygen tanks designated to support the #COVID19 patients in the hospital to explode. #Baghdad so far dozens of victims have been reported. pic.twitter.com/OAC8Jt3jq3— Steven Nabil (@thestevennabil) April 24, 2021 “Civil defense teams are still at the scene of the accident, investigating the causes that led to this fire, which caused the loss of the lives of many of patients and their companions,??? said a statement released by Iraq’s Health Ministry.Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi declared a period of national mourning for those who died and...Read more

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