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Tuesday, 25 October 2016
JOHOR BAHRU: Six patients, including
four women and two men, were killed in a fire at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
of a hospital in Johor Bahru.
The fire on level two of the Sultanah
Aminah Hospital (HSA) started at around 8.55am on Tuesday (Oct 25).
The Director of Johor's Fire and
Rescue Department Othman Abdullah said 166 firemen and 10 emergency vehicles
were rushed to HSA at 8.56am.
Mr Othman said the six who were
killed were among the seven patients in the southern ICU on the second floor of
the hospital.
One patient was rescued by
firefighters who rushed there after being notified at 8.56am, he added.
"There were seven critically ill
patients in the ICU who, according to doctors, were dependent on ventilators
under normal circumstances and could not be moved without their beds," he
said.
He said the fire did not spread to
other areas of the hospital.
Meanwhile, Johor Bahru Selatan Police
chief ACP Sulaiman Salleh said five of the bodies were found at 11.15am and the
sixth a little later. He advised the public not to be taken in by unverified
information. It was unclear what started the fire.
Meanwhile an eyewitness, Habibah Abd
Ghani, 37, said she was not aware of the fire and only realised it after she
was out of the building.
"During the incident, I was in
the fourth floor ward with my father who was admitted for pain in his ribs.
Then I heard a commotion and was asked by the nurse to get out of the
ward."
She added: "The situation was under control as we went down the
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