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B'desh: Five COVID patients die in fire at United hospital

B'desh: Five COVID patients die in fire at United hospital

Dhaka, May 28 (UNI) A devastating fire has burned down the isolation unit for COVID-19 patients and those with symptoms at the United Hospital in Dhaka, leaving five dead.
Three of them had tested positive for Novel Coronavirus and the two others tested negative, Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Deputy Commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty said.
The tent-like unit outside the main building of the private facility at Gulshan caught fire at around 2200 hrs on Wednesday, fire service official Kamal Hossain said.

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