Gujarat: 18 coronavirus patients die in Bharuch hospital fire

As many as 18 people, including 16 Covid-19 patients and two nurses, died after a fire broke out in the ICU of a Covid-19 hospital in Bharuch. This is the fifth case of Covid hospital fire in Gujarat.

The state government has assigned senior IAS officials Vipul Mitra and Rajkumar Bengal to conduct an inquiry into the incident.

Mitra, after visiting the hospital, told media that the initial inspection points towards a short circuit in the ventilators in the ICU. A detailed inquiry will be conducted to ascertain the exact reasons, he said. District police superintendent RV Chudasma said out of 50 people who were in the hospital, 32 were rescued while 18 fell to the fire.