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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox event On 1 May 2021, a fire in a hospital in Bharuch, Gujarat, India, killed at least 16 COVID-19 patients and 2 nurses.[1]

Background

India is badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and facing a second wave of the pandemic. On 23 April 2021, 13 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Virar, Maharashtra, died after a fire broke out at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital.[2]

Incident

In the early hours of 1 May 2021, at 1 AM, a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward of Bharuch Welfare Hospital, a COVID-19 designated hospital, located around 190 km from Ahmedabad, Gujarat.[3]

Aftermath

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi expressed his deep condolences by saying, Pained by the loss of lives due to a fire at a hospital in Bharuch.[4] The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani announced ex-gratia aid of Шаблон:INRConvert for kin of victims.[5]

See also

References

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