11 newborns die in Senegal hospital blaze

Eleven infants were killed on Wednesday when the neonatology department at Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital in Tivaouane caught fire. Tivaouane city is located in the Thiès region of Senegal.
I have just learned with pain and consternation of the death of 11 newborn babies in the fire that occurred in the neonatology department of the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital in Tivaouane. To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy, ” President Macky Sall said in a statement on Twitter.

According to local media, the horrific incident was reportedly caused by “a short circuit,” further rev
Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, Senegal’s health minister, told local media that a short circuit had triggered the fire, according to a preliminary investigation.

“This situation is very unfortunate and extremely painful,” he said on radio, adding that the investigation was continuing.

“From Geneva for the (meeting) of the World Health Assembly, we learnt with distress, the deadly fire that occurred at the neonatology department of the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in Tivaouane.

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— ILKHA (@IlkhaAgency) May 26, 2022

Source: Reuters

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