The officials told the officials that after the event, in wee hours of Wednesday, at a hotel-turned-covid care centre in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar city, nobody was hurt to add. In all, after “smaller fire and smoke,” 61 patients of coronavirus were moved from their hospital, an official reported.
When the fire broke out there were 68 patients on the premises. The other seven are soon to shift, he says. A private hospital has transformed the hotel, about 170 km from the state capital, into a Covid health care centre.
“The fire was caused by a spark in a TV shortly after midnight. It was brought under control quickly. However, thick smoke filled the top floor of the three-storey hotel, making it difficult for the patients to be kept there,” he said. “As a precaution, 61 patients were shifted to other hospitals with the help of fire personnel. The remaining seven will also be shofted soon,” he said.
Gaurang Makwana, Bhavnagar Collector, said the centre had all 68 coronavirus patients safe and immediate control of the “minor fire.” 16 COVID 19 patients and two nurses perished in a burn on 1 May in Bharuch State’s four storey Welfare Hospital.
The High Court of Gujarat criticised the State government for the fire in Bharuh hospital on Tuesday and declared disdainful, for its part, that it should not remain alert and avoid such incidents.
