At least 18 COVID-19 patients were killed in India when a hospital fire broke out Saturday, amid a devastating second wave of infections ravaging the country.
Dozens of other patients at the Welfare Hospital in Bharuch were rescued, police said.
India’s hospitals have seen a surge in patients as COVID-19 has spiked in the country. Channi Anand/APThe flames broke out in the COVID-19 ward, and the cause of the blaze is under investigation, according to officials.
The tragedy comes a week after 13 COVID-19 patients died when an intensive care unit outside Mumbai caught fire.
On Friday, the State Department implemented travel restrictions to India over the surging coronavirus cases there.
Almost 30 COVID-19 patients have died in India due to hospital fires over the last week. Channi Anand/APThe country’s hospitals and morgues have been overflowing, while families scramble for increasingly scarce medicines and oxygen.
With Post wires
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