Thirteen COVID-19 patients died on Friday morning, local time, in a fire in a hospital in the suburbs of Mumbai, a firefighter official told AFP.
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“Seventeen patients were in the intensive care unit at Vijay Vallabh Hospital when a fire broke out, 13 died and the other four were transferred to other facilities,” said Morrison Khavari, a responsible for firefighters.
More details will follow.
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