By PTI
GANDHINAGAR: Thirteen COVID-19 sufferers died and 41 have been injured in hearth incidents in 38 hospitals in 4 cities of Gujarat prior to now two years, state well being minister Rushikesh Patel stated within the Assembly on Tuesday.
Replying to a set of questions raised by Congress MLAs Sunil Gamit and Kanti Sodha Parmar, he stated fires happened in 30 non-public and eight authorities hospitals in Rajkot, Surat, Ahmedabad and Vadodara within the final two years.
In Rajkot, 5 COVID-19 sufferers present process remedy at Uday Shivanand Hospital, a delegated non-public hospital for the remedy of coronavirus, had died on account of hearth in certainly one of its wards, stated Patel, including that the kin had been given Rs 4 lakh every as compensation.
In one other incident, eight COVID-19 sufferers died in a fireplace within the ICU ward of Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad, stated Patel, including that 41 different sufferers sustained accidents.
He stated FIRs have been lodged in each incidents and mandatory motion was taken by the police and different authorities.
He knowledgeable that the inquiry reviews of Justice (Retd) DA Mehta Commission, which regarded into the incidents, have been tabled within the Assembly in September final 12 months.
He instructed the House that many of the hospitals in these cities had both acquired the hearth NOC or have utilized for it after the federal government took a tricky stand on such incidents.