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Fire kills 82 at Iraqi Covid hospital, health minister suspended
BAGHDAD: More than 80 people died Sunday when a fire ripped through a Baghdad hospital for Covid-19 patients, sparking outrage and the suspension of top officials overseeing Iraq's crumbling health services.The blaze at eastern Baghdad's Ibn al-Khatib hospital began when badly stored oxygen cylinders blew up, medics said.Many of the victims were on respirators and were burned or suffocated in the resulting inferno."It took just three minutes for the fire to reach most floors" of the hospital, the fire service said.The health ministry said 82 people were killed and 110 wounded, while the Iraqi Human Rights Commission said 28 of the victims were patients who had to be taken off ventilators to

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