Three patients, doctor die in Ukraine COVID hospital fire
Three intensive care patients and a ward doctor died in a fire in a southeastern Ukrainian hospital treating coronavirus cases, a regional governor said on Thursday. Oleksander Starukh said the fire broke out overnight on the first floor of the hospital in Zaporizhzhya where patients were on ventilators. Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said an oxygen leak could have caused the fire. Ukraine has registered more 1.2 million coronavirus cases with 23,229 deaths.
Three intensive care patients and a ward doctor died in a fire in a southeastern Ukrainian hospital treating coronavirus cases, a regional governor said on Thursday.
Oleksander Starukh said the fire broke out overnight on the first floor of the hospital in Zaporizhzhya where patients were on ventilators. He said eight other patients in the unit were evacuated. Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said an oxygen leak could have caused the fire.
Ukraine has registered more 1.2 million coronavirus cases with 23,229 deaths.
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