9 Dead In Turkey Fire After Oxygen Ventilator Explodes In COVID Hospital

Nine people have died due to a fire at a private hospital¡¯s COVID ICU in Gaziantep, Turkey, said Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, according to Reuters.

The cause was an explosion of an oxygen ventilator, said the local governorship's statement. Other patients have been transferred to hospitals that are close by.

Two prosecutors have been commissioned to find out what happened, the local prosecutor¡¯s office said.

Reuters (Representational)

As if COVID was not enough to deal with, instances like this add more to the problem. The world is complicated enough due to a pandemic, accidents or even incidents of foul play, are certainly what it needs right now.

Turkey's COVID tally is over 20 lakh affected and nearly 18,000 dead.

Worldwide, 7.66 crore are affected and almost 17 lakh are affected.

Reuters

COVID has held us hostage since March. 2020 has been mainly in lockdown due to the pandemic and normalcy is a distant dream. Even as the race is on for a vaccine, people are aware that this is the new normal, at least for now.