This story is from May 13, 2021

59 patients rescued from fire at Covid care centre in Bhavnagar

59 patients rescued from fire at Covid care centre in Bhavnagar
Fire was caused by short-circuit in room on the third floor
Rajkot: As many as 59 Covid-19 patients were rescued after a fire broke out at the covid care centre set up at Generation X Hotel on Kala Nala Road in Bhavnagar Tuesday midnight.
Nobody was injured in the fire, said Bhavnagar fire officals, adding that 59 Covid patients were shifted to other hospitals for safety. The centre at the hotel was being managed by city-based Samarpan group.
According to sources, the fire was caused by short-circuit in room 303 on the third floor of the hotel.
There were total 69 Covid-19 patients under treatment at the centre when the fire broke out.
“We rushed in four fighters, two ambulances besides eight emergency (108) ambulances to the centre. About 59 patients were shifted immediately to other hospitals, mainly civil hospital in Bhavnagar,” chief fire officer of Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation, Mahesh Hirpara told TOI. “The fire was doused within minutes before it spread to other floors,” he added.
Apart from fire brigade personnel, officials of state power distribution company — Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (PGVCL) had also rushed to the spot.
There have been at least 10 incidents of fire in covid hospitals since the beginning of the pandemic. The latest one was where 16 Covid-19 patients and two nurses died in a blaze at the four-storeyed Welfare Hospital in Bharuch on May 1.
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday had criticised the state government over the Bharuch hospital fire, saying it was contemptuous on its part to not remain vigilant and avoid such incidents, and cited many orders passed in this regard.
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