Anger mounts after 92 die in fire on Iraq COVID ward
Nassiriya, IraqReuters The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there. More than 100 people were injured in the blaze on Monday night in Nassiriya, officials […]
Essay: Baghdad hospital fire – what happened and what it tells us about Iraq’s health system
In an article first published on The Conversation, BENJAMIN ISAKHAN, professor of international politics at Deakin University in Australia, looks at what the deadly fire at Baghdad’s Ibn al-Khatib Hospital reveals about Iraq’s heathcare system…
Enraged relatives say neglect caused deadly Baghdad hospital fire
Baghdad, IraqReuters Fire extinguishers didn’t work. Outdated medical equipment was being used. The fire alarm system in the hospital was broken. These are the accusations being levelled by witnesses, medical staff, emergency response teams and those who lost loved ones in a fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Baghdad on Saturday that killed more than […]
Fire from oxygen tank blast in Baghdad COVID-19 hospital kills 82
Baghdad, IraqReuters A fire caused by an oxygen tank explosion at a COVID-19 hospital in Baghdad took at least 82 lives and forced some people to leap through windows out of the burning building, witnesses and authorities said on Sunday. As rescuers combed the smoke-charred building, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi blamed negligence and suspended his […]