Ahmedabad: Eight patients were killed after a fire broke out at a private Covid-19 designated hospital in Ahmedabad today. The eight patients who died were admitted in the ICU ward of the hospital, fire officials said.
The victims include five men and three women, who were being treated at the ICU ward of the Covid-19 designated Shrey Hospital in Navrangpura area of Ahmedabad, the officials said.
Fire broke out around 3.30 am today, they said and added that around 40 other Covid-19 patients at the facility were rescued and shifted to a civic hospital in the city.
The manager of Shrey Hospital has been detained by police. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Gujarat, said that Shrey Hospital has been sealed and 41 patients were shifted to Sardar Vallabhai Patel Hospital. He added that bodies were sent for post-mortem.