BUCHAREST, ROMANIA —
A hearth broke out Friday morning at a hospital in Romania’s port metropolis of Constanta, leaving at the very least 9 individuals lifeless, authorities stated.
All of the sufferers had been evacuated from Constanta’s Hospital for Infectious Illnesses and the hearth had been extinguished by mid-morning, Romania’s emergency conditions inspectorate stated.
The well being ministry stated in an announcement that extra particulars can be given at a information convention at an unspecified time.
It stated that 113 sufferers have been within the medical unit of the hospital, 10 of whom have been intensive care unit sufferers.
Romania, a European Union nation of 19 million, has had two different lethal hospital fires inside the previous yr, which has raised considerations concerning the nation’s ageing hospital infrastructure.
Final November, 10 individuals died after a hearth tore by an intensive care unit for COVID-19 sufferers within the northern city of Piatra Neamt. One other blaze in January engulfed a ward at Bucharest’s Matei Bals hospital, killing at the very least 5 individuals.
After the Matei Bals hearth, President Klaus Iohannis referred to as for pressing and “profound” reform. He stated tragedies prefer it “should not occur once more.”
