In a tragic incident, at least 4 patients died at a private hospital in Maharashtra’s Thane during the wee hours of Wednesday after a massive broke out inside the hospital premises.
The incident took place on the first floor of the Prime Criticare Hospital in the Kausa area in Mumbra locality near Thane district. However, there was no COVID-19 patient admitted to the hospital and the deaths took place while shifting the patients from the site to other hospitals. According to officials, three fire engines and five ambulances were rushed to the spot and the blaze has been extinguished within two hours.
Twenty patients including six in the intensive care unit were evacuated from the hospital during the incident out of which four patients lost their lives. Local MLA and Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad as quoted by PTI said that at least four persons were roasted alive in the fire that destroyed the first floor of the hospital.
News Source : Zee News
