Three Covid-19 patients in intensive care have died after a fire triggered an evacuation at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The patients who were receiving life-supporting treatment through ventilators were transferred to another building of the hospital after the blaze on Wednesday.
DMCH Director Brig Gen Nazmul Haque said the patients were in critical condition.
The dead have been identified as Kazi Golam Mostafa, 66, Abdullah Al Mahmud, 48, and Kishore Chandra Roy, 70. They were transferred to the high-dependency unit of the old building soon after the fire erupted, reports bdnews24.com.
Five units of the fire service managed to douse the fire at around 9.30 am.
Three people died after 14 patients were moved from the ICU ward, said Bachchu Mia, an inspector of the hospital's police outpost.
A four-member committee formed to investigate the incident has been asked to submit a report within seven workdays, said Debashish Vardhan, deputy director of the Fire Service.