JAKARTA - At least 27 people were killed and 46 injured in a fire on Saturday, April 24 at a hospital southeast of Baghdad that has been equipped to accommodate COVID-19 patients, said medical sources at three nearby hospitals.
The fire at Ibn Khatib's hospital in the Diyala Bridge area in the Iraqi capital occurred after the accident caused the oxygen tank to explode, the sources said.
Many ambulances rushed to the hospital, transporting those injured by the fire, said a nearby Reuters photographer.
"The patient who was not injured in the incident was also transferred from the hospital", said a medical source quoted by Reuters from Antara, Sunday, April 25.
The head of Iraq's civil defense unit said a fire broke out on a floor designated for a pulmonary intensive care unit and 90 people had been rescued from the 120 people at the hospital, quoted by state news agency INA.
Major General Kadhim Bohan added that the fire had been extinguished.
Iraq's health care system, which has been ravaged by decades of sanctions, war, and neglect, has faced difficulties during the coronavirus crisis.
The total number of people infected with COVID-19 in Iraq is 102,5288 including 15,217 deaths, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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