9 die in Turkey hospital as oxygen cylinder explodes
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Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Police and security personnel stand guard outside the private Sanko University Hospital where a fire broke out in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) intensive care unit, in Gaziantep, Turkey December 19, 2020. Reuters/Files
ANKARA: An oxygen tank explosion at a hospital in southeastern Turkey left at least nine coronavirus patients dead, the Turkish health ministry said on Saturday.
A blaze in an intensive care ward of the hospital in Gaziantep broke out when a tank on an artificial respirator exploded. We are profoundly saddened by this tragedy, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said before a planned visit to the hospital.
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COVID-19 patients die in fire
Eight people were yesterday killed in a fire at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in the country south, state-run media reported. The Anadolu news agency said the fire started when an oxygen cylinder exploded at the privately run Sanko University Hospital unit in Gaziantep. The agency cited a hospital statement identifying the victims as being aged between 56 and 85. The fire was quickly brought under control. The statement said 14 patients undergoing intensive care treatment were transferred to other hospitals.
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