2021 fire in Bharuch, India
On 1 May 2021, a fire in a hospital in Bharuch, Gujarat, India, killed at least 16 COVID-19 patients and 2 nurses.
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.
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.
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." The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani announced ex-gratia aid of () for kin of victims.
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