Another patient passes away

Another patient who was shifted from Dhaka Medical College Hospital's intensive care unit after a fire broke out Wednesday at the coronavirus-dedicated ICU, died yesterday.

Momena Begum (45) died around 4pm while undergoing treatment at the ICU of the DMCH burn unit, her nephew Md Parvez told The Daily Star.

Her death brings the total number of deaths in the incident to four.

Parvez said his aunt's condition deteriorated after the fire broke out and she was shifted to the burn unit's ICU. She was on life support at the ICU, he added.

Nine patients, who were at the Covid-19 ICU were shifted to the burn unit's ICU, post-operative unit, and High Dependency Unit (HDU), sources said.

Nineteen other patients were shifted to different wards at the hospital after the fire.

Some of them have been transferred to different private hospitals in the capital.

Meanwhile, Nur Hasan, head of the four-member investigation committee of of Fire Service and Civil Defence, visited the site of the fire yesterday.