10 patients die after explosion in Turkish hospital s COVID-19 wing
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Dec. 19 (UPI) Ten people were killed after an oxygen ventilator exploded at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Turkey on Saturday.
The intensive care unit of Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep, Turkey, caught fire, killing nine patients between the age of 56 and 85.
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Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted later Saturday that another individual had died after being transferred to another hospital, bringing the number of deaths to 10.
More than 50 people were affected by the fire, including doctors, medical personnel and security guards, according to the hospital.
Ten staff members were in oxygen therapy at another hospital, and 11 patients have been transferred to other hospitals.
Nine COVID-19 patients killed by exploding oxygen cylinder in Turkish hospital
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Türkiyədə xəstəxanada baş verən yanğın nəticəsində ölənlərin sayı doqquza çatıb
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