Bharuch: 18 Covid-19 patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Bharuch in Gujarat state on Friday/Saturday midnight at 1 AM.
Gut-wrenching visuals of the tragedy showed remains of some patients burned alive on stretchers and hospital beds.
According to sources, there were around 50 other patients at the four-storeyed Welfare Hospital Bharuch, when the fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward. Patients from other floors were rescued by locals and firefighters, an official said.
The COVID-19 designated hospital is situated on the Bharuch-Jambusar highway, around 190 km from Ahmedabad, and is being run by a trust.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
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