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> Several hospital administrators in a southern Iraqi province have abandoned their posts, local authorities said Saturday, after arrest warrants were issued for senior staff following a deadly hospital fire in the city of Nasiriyah.
> Saad al-Majid, health director of the southern governorate of Dhi Qar, told AFP that management teams of five hospitals had quit as "They're unwilling to assume responsibility" over any possible repeat of the tragedy.
> At least 60 people were killed in the blaze late Monday at a temporary facility for Covid-19 patients at Nasiriyah's Al-Hussein Hospital in Dhi Qar fuelled by oxygen canisters exploding.
> In April, a fire at a Covid hospital in Baghdad - also sparked by exploding oxygen cylinders - killed 82 people, prompting the country's health minister to resign.
> Local journalist Adnan Toame said the resignations among senior hospital staff at a time of public outrage were "Embarrassing".
> On Saturday, a small fire broke out at Al-Haboubi hospital in Nasiriyah but it was quickly put out by fire crews, with no fatalities recorded.
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At least 50 dead in fire in COVID-19 isolation ward at the Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya, the second such deadly inferno in a COVID-19 unit in three months. Videos shared online showed thick clouds of smoke billowing from the Al-Hussein hospital.
Earlier on Monday, a minor fire broke out at the health ministryβs headquarters in Baghdad, but it was quickly contained with no fatalities recorded. Back in April, a fire at a Baghdad COVID-19 hospital killed 82 and injured 110, sparked by the explosion of badly stored oxygen cylinders.
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-fires-iraq-8b8ead41b46e5bf686b284709be84c40
