16 sufferers, 2 nurses die as fireplace breaks out in ICU of Bharuch Covid facility

Sixteen Covid sufferers and two nurses had been killed as a serious fireplace broke out within the ICU of a hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch district within the early hours of Saturday.
Sources stated there have been 24 sufferers within the ICU ward when the fireplace broke out on the Covid wing of the Welfare Hospital in Bharuch.
Charmy Gohil, a nurse who was on obligation in ICU-1 ward, and who sustained burns on her left leg, instructed The Sunday Express on the cellphone, “We saw a spark in the ventilator of bed no 5 in ICU-1 ward, and suddenly, there was a fire. Two of my colleagues and I were in the ward. While they were trying to figure out what happened, their PPE kit caught fire and suddenly, the entire room was on fire. I managed to come out of the ward but my PPE kit too caught fire.” Gohil is below remedy on the similar hospital.
Bharuch district police stated the hospital had 57 sufferers, of whom 12 had been in ICU-1 ward and 12 in ICU-2 ward, with the remaining within the basic Covid ward. There had been 9 ladies among the many 16 who died.
Talking to the Indian Express Bharuch SP Rajendrasinh Chudasma stated, “Sixteen patients and two nurses died in the incident, while other patients were shifted to private hospitals. The fire was brought under control before it could spread to other areas. At present the reason behind the fire is not yet known. We will probe into the incident.”
Hospital sources stated native residents and police broke the glass window panes to rescue the opposite sufferers.
For over a yr now, as circumstances within the district rose, a newly constructed constructing of the Welfare Hospital — managed by The Bombay Patel Welfare Society, Bharuch — has been working as a chosen Covid hospital.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has despatched two senior bureaucrats to Bharuch for an inquiry. Rupani stated a judicial inquiry would even be introduced into the fireplace. An ex-gratia assist of Rs 4 lakh from the chief minister’s aid fund can be given to every of the subsequent of kin of the victims, Rupani added.