Fire kills 13 COVID-19 patients in hospital in western India
An official says a fireplace within the medical care unit of a hospital in western India has killed 13 COVID-19 patients
A COVID-19 patient waits inside an ambulance to be attended to and admitted into a fanatical COVID-19 government hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, April 22, 2021. a fireplace killed 13 COVID-19 patients during a hospital in western India early Friday as an extreme surge in coronavirus infections leaves the state in need of medical aid and oxygen. India reported another global record in daily infections for a second straight day Friday, adding 332,730 new cases. The surge already has driven its fragile health systems to the verge of collapse with understaffed hospitals overflowing with patients and critically in need of supplies.Ajit Solanki/AP
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NEW DELHI (AP) — a fireplace killed 13 COVID-19 patients during a hospital in western India early Friday as an extreme surge in coronavirus infections leaves the state in need of medical aid and oxygen.
India reported another global record in daily infections for a second straight day Friday, adding 332,730 new cases. The surge already has driven its fragile health systems to the verge of collapse with understaffed hospitals overflowing with patients and critically in need of supplies.
The situation is getting worse by the passing day with hospitals taking to social media pleading with the govt to replenish their oxygen supplies and threatening to prevent fresh admissions of patients.
Shah said there are 90 patients within the hospital, about 70 kilometers north of Mumbai, India's financial capital.
The explanation for the hearth is being investigated, he said.
The fire comes amid a huge upsurge in coronavirus cases in Maharashtra state, the worst hit within the country.
On Wednesday, 24 COVID-19 patients on ventilators died during a hospital in Nashik, another city in Maharashtra state, when their oxygen supply was interrupted by a leak during a supply route .
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