Surat hospital blaze leaves 4 sufferers useless

A hearth broke out within the intensive care unit (ICU) of Ayush Hospital on Station Road in Surat, late on Sunday, from the place 15 Covid-19 sufferers needed to be shifted to different hospitals. However, 4 of them, together with a girl, died after being shifted.
According to fireplace division officers, the fireplace broke out “due to a spark in the air-conditioner in the ICU” on the fifth flooring of the ability at Lal Darwaja. Of the 15 sufferers present process remedy there, 4 had been on ventilator.
Chief hearth officer Basant Pareek mentioned, “One of our teams rescued the patients, while another team extinguished the fire. Smoke filled the area… The patients were brought down and were shifted to other hospitals by ambulances but some of them died.”
Officials mentioned that of the 15 sufferers, six had been shifted to SMIMER hospital, whereas seven had been shifted to Sanjeevani Hospital and two to SIMS Hospital.
SMC deputy well being commissioner Dr Ashish Naik mentioned, “One patient died in SMIMER Hospital, while three others died in private hospitals. All these patients were on ventilator. Among the remaining four patients admitted to SMIMER, three are on BiPAP and one on ventilator.”