Fire broke out at Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad early Thursday morning.

Ahmedabad:

Eight Covid patients have died after a huge fire broke out at a private hospital for coronavirus in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad early Thursday morning.

Around 40 other COVID-19 patients have been rescued and shifted to a civic hospital after the fire broke out at Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad’s Navrangpura area, news agency PTI reported. Those who died were admitted to the ICU ward, an official was quoted as saying by the news agency.

Visuals showed fire officials carrying out rescue operations as family members of patients outside the hospital – disturbed as the news of fire broke – tried to get information about them.