<p>An elderly Covid-19 patient was killed after fire broke out at the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal on Saturday morning, officials said.</p>.<p>The deceased, Sandhya Mondal (60), was admitted to a Covid ward of the hospital, where the blaze erupted around 4 am, they said.</p>.<p>Other patients in the ward were safe as they were moved to another wing in time, hospital sources said.</p>.<p>Hospital authorities doused the blaze before fire brigade personnel arrived, the sources said.</p>.<p>A five-member team has been constituted to investigate the cause of the fire, Hospital Superintendent Tapas Kumar Ghosh said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>An elderly Covid-19 patient was killed after fire broke out at the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal on Saturday morning, officials said.</p>.<p>The deceased, Sandhya Mondal (60), was admitted to a Covid ward of the hospital, where the blaze erupted around 4 am, they said.</p>.<p>Other patients in the ward were safe as they were moved to another wing in time, hospital sources said.</p>.<p>Hospital authorities doused the blaze before fire brigade personnel arrived, the sources said.</p>.<p>A five-member team has been constituted to investigate the cause of the fire, Hospital Superintendent Tapas Kumar Ghosh said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>