At least 82 people have died and 110 injured in a fire that tore through a Baghdad hospital in Iraq, dedicated for caring the COVID-19 patients late on Saturday. Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi suspended Health Minister Hassan al-Tamimi after the incident.

82 patients dead in Baghdad's COVID-19 hospital fire, health minister suspended

At least 27 patients have died in a fire that tore through a Baghdad hospital in Iraq, dedicated for caring the COVID-19 patients late on Saturday.

Fire breaks out in COVID-19 hospital in Iraq's Baghdad, 27 dead

At least 11 premature babies were killed today in a fire that tore through one of Baghdad&#39;s largest maternity hospitals, medical and security sources said. 
 
Health ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Rudeini told AFP the blaze at the Yarmouk hospital in west Baghdad was started by an electrical fault.&nbsp;He added that 29 other infants in Yarmouk &quot;were evacuated to other hospitals in the capital&quot;. 
 
An official at Iraq&#39;s interior ministry confirmed the death toll from the fire, adding that three other babies were being treated for smoke inhalation.&nbsp;Many of Baghdad&#39;s public hospitals are considered of poor quality, pushing a number of Iraqis to seek private healthcare. 
 
(AFP)

Officials say three other babies are being treated for smoke inhalation, while 29 have been evacuated to other hospitals in the capital

At least 11 premature babies were killed today in a fire that tore through one of Baghdad's largest maternity hospitals, medical and security sources said. Health ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Rudeini told AFP the blaze at the Yarmouk hospital in west Baghdad was started by an electrical fault. He added that 29 other infants in Yarmouk "were evacuated to other hospitals in the capital". An official at Iraq's interior ministry confirmed the death toll from the fire, adding that three other babies were being treated for smoke inhalation. Many of Baghdad's public hospitals are considered of poor quality, pushing a number of Iraqis to seek private healthcare. (AFP)

Baghdad hospital blaze kills 11 newborns