Baghdad: The death toll from fire who tore Coronavirus Hospital in Iraq rose to 92, said Health Officer on Tuesday, when the authorities faced allegations of negligence from the people who worked there.
More than 100 others were injured in the flames, the investigation shown began when the splash of a damaged cable spread to the oxygen tank which then exploded, police said and the civil defense.
It was a tragedy of both Iraqi like that in three months, and the country’s president on Tuesday blamed corruption for both.
The rescue team used a heavy crane to remove the remains of scorched and melted from the Al-Hussain hospital where Covid-19 patients were being treated, because relatives gathered nearby.
A medical person in the hospital, who refused to give his name, said the absence of basic safety steps meant it was an accident in manufacturing.
“The hospital does not have a fire sprinkler system or even a simple fire alarm,” he said.
In April, a similar explosion at Baghdad Covid-19 Hospital killed at least 82 and injured 110.
The Iraqi Semi-Official Human Rights Commission said Monday’s explosion showed how an ineffective safety measures were still in the health system paralyzed by war and sanctions , The fact that the hospital has been built with a lightweight sandwich panel that separates the ward making fire spread faster, said the head of the local civil defense authority was wrong Jabbar.
Health managers and civil defense in the city and hospital managers have been suspended and arrested on Monday on the command of PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi, his office said.
The government investigator arrived at Nassiriya on Tuesday morning, according to a statement.
Their findings will be announced in a week, Kadhimi’s office said.
Iraq is in the middle of the third wave of Koronavirus infection.
Last week, the country reached 9,000 new cases a day with more than 17,000 dead since the pandemic began, according to the Ministry of Health.
92 die on the Covid Iraqi hospital fire
