Maharashtra hospital fire: PM approves Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for next of kin of victims

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in a blaze at a private hospital in Maharashtra's Palghar district and approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the victims. Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in the blaze at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Virar, police said. There were 90 patients in the hospital, 18 of them in the ICU when the fire broke out after a blast in the AC unit, an official said.

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