8 Covid-19 patients die in hospital fire in India’s western city of Ahmedabad, South Asia

AHMEDABAD, INDIA (REUTERS) – Eight Covid-19 patients died in a fire that broke out in the intensive care ward of a private hospital in India’s western city of Ahmedabad early on Thursday (Aug 6), officials said as they launched a probe into the incident. Police stopped angry relatives from entering the Shrey Hospital in the Gujarat state capital after the tragedy which, according to emergency services, was caused by a medical staff member’s personal protective equipment (PPE) catching alight. “A staffer whose PPE caught fire ran out of the ward to douse it but the fire spread rapidly to the…