At least 31 dead, 40 injured in RoK hospital fire
Friday, 26/01/2018 22:07 (GMT+7)
At least 31 are dead and some 40 injured in a fire in Sejong General Hospital in Miryang, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on January 26th.
(Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Around 194 people had been hospitalized in two buildings of Sejong Hospital, including 94 elderly people who were hospitalized in the nursing hospital when the fire broke out, police said.
President Moon Jae-in held an emergency meeting with advisers to discuss response measures. He ordered officials to provide necessary medical support to those rescued, find the exact cause of the fire and work out measures to prevent future fires, according to his spokesman Park Su-hyun.
The fire started from the first floor of the hospital at 07h35 and was extinguished at 10h26. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Sejong Hospital has a nursing hospital for the elderly and also offers regular medical services. The hospital has 193 beds, including 98 beds for the elderly who need nursing care, with 35 medical staff.
Miryang is about 270km southeast of the capital Seoul./.
Compiled by BTA
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