Fire at a Maharashtra hospital’s ICU, 13 Covid patients were killed.

Key sentence:

• 13 patients lost their lives after a fire seethed in the ICU of a private hospital at Virar.
• There were five ladies among the thirteen patients who lost their lives in a fire-related accident. 

In any event, 13 patients lost their lives after a fire seethed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a private-owned Vijay Vallabh Covid Care medical clinic in Maharashtra’s Virar (W) on Friday at around 3:15 am. 

A short out noticeable all around the moulding unit of the emergency clinic is supposed to be the prime reason for the fire, as indicated by individuals mindful of the improvement in Vasai Virar municipal fire detachment.

Chief fire officer Dilip Palav stated:

Around 13 patients have been affirmed dead, said Dilip Palav, boss fire official, Vasai Virar Civic Fire Brigade. The quantity of setbacks is probably going to rise. 

“We can’t distinguish the sex of the patients as they have been scorched to the point of being unrecognizable,” said Palav. There were 17 patients in the ICU for Covid-19 treatment when the fire occurred, he said. 

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As per the list released by the fire brigade department:

According to the rundown of the perished delivered by the fire detachment department, Vasai Virar city organization, there were five ladies among the thirteen patients who lost their lives in the fire-related accident. 

Simultaneously, the most youthful casualty was a 23-year-old kid, the most seasoned male patient maturing around 68 years. 

The emergency clinic is currently moving different patients to the close-by emergency clinics, he said. 

“Around ten fire tenders were squeezed into administration after we got a call, and the fire was controlled inside 10 minutes,” said Palav. 

According to the eye witness Avinash Patil:

As per Avinash Patil, an onlooker, the clinic didn’t have any fire-being estimates like water sprinklers. A couple of fire quenchers were not being utilized to control the large fire. 

Further, Avinash Patil stated:

“There were no specialists present, and just two attendants were remaining before the clinic when the occurrence occurred. 

I could see the ICU ward totally in smoke and the scorched bodies,” said Patil, adding, “I had gone to the medical clinic to concede my companion’s mom on Friday morning and saw the fire”.