President Maia Sandu sent on Saturday, October 2, to the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, a message of condolences for the victims of the fire at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Constanța.
“I watched with great concern and sadness the news about the fire that occurred on October 1, at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Constanța and the dramatic operation to save patients from the flames. I send sincere condolences to all those who lost loved ones in this tragedy and I wish a speedy recovery to those who suffered in the fire,” said President Sandu.
A fire broke out on Friday at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Constanța, at the intensive care unit. The red intervention plan has been activated. Seven of the ten patients who were in the ATI Covid ward died. The other patients were taken out the window in a rescue operation.
The main international news agencies wrote about the fire at a hospital in Constanţa, resulting in nine deaths from Covid-19, the third tragedy of this kind in Romania in less than a year.
