Article by Aryan Lamba
The fire broke out at the Prime Criticare Hospital at Kausa in Mumbra locality near Thane at 3.40 am. There were no corona virus patients in the hospital. said an official. Thane: At least three patients died in a fire at a private hospital near Thane in the wee hours of Wednesday, an official said.
The fire broke out at the Prime Criticare Hospital at Kausa in Mumbra locality near Thane at 3.40 am. There were no corona virus patients in the hospital, he added. Three fire engines and five ambulances were rushed to the spot and the blaze has been extinguished, the official said.
Twenty patients including six in the
intensive care unit were evacuated, he said.
Local MLA and Maharashtra minister
Jitendra Awhad told reporters at the scene that at least three persons were
roasted alive in the fire that destroyed the first floor of the hospital. Chief
Minister Uddhav Thackeray was informed of the tragedy, he said. The family of
each deceased will be given a compensation of Rs. five lakh and those injured
will get Rs one lakh each, he added.
A high-level inquiry committee has been
constituted to go into the cause of the fire, he said. The committee will
comprise officials from the Thane Municipal Corporation and also the police and
medical officials, he said.
Fifteen COVID-19 patients died after a fire broke out at the intensive care unit of a private hospital at Virar in the
adjoining Palghar district on April 23.
Today at around 03:40 am fire broke out at Prime Criticare Hospital in Mumbra, Thane. Two fire engines & one rescue vehicle are at the spot. Fire extinguishing underway. Four dead during shifting of patients to another hospital: Thane Municipal Corporation#Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/QR4NNYZd8Y
— ANI (@ANI) April 28, 2021
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