Heartbreaking
At least 18 people died after a fire broke out at an intensive care until in India for the second time in less than two weeks.
The country is grappling with unprecedented devastation as its second wave cripples the healthcare system, forcing hospitals to leave sick people to die on the street. The blaze started around midnight on the bottom floor of the Patel Welfare Hospital, a specialist Covid facility in Bharuch city. ‘Sixteen patients and two staff members have died in the fire. Twelve of them died due to fire and smoke,’ said R.V. Chudasama, a superintendent of police in Bharuch.Firefighters and hospital workers were able to rescue the remaining 31 patients.Parth Gandhi, whose two sick relatives escaped the disaster, said: ‘There was a lot of chaos because of the scale of the fire … hospital staff rushed my family members out from the ward and we used our car to take them to another hospital.
The news has been plagued with heartbreaking stories, pictures and videos of people suffering in India.Lots of equipment, including oxygen cylinders, was destroyed
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