India News | Ahmednagar Hospital Fire: 80-year-old Woman Dies, Toll Now 14

Pune, Nov 22 (PTI) The death of an 80-year-old woman on Monday took the toll in the November 6 fire in Ahmednagar district civil hospital to 14.

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An official identified the deceased as Rambhabai Vidhate, who was undergoing treatment in a private hospital.

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"The post mortem report is yet to arrive, but the primary cause of the death could be complications from suffocation," said Sandip Mitke, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ahmednagar (Rural).

A fire broke out in the ICU of the district civil hospital in Ahmednagar on November 6. Four people, including a resident doctor, were later arrested for alleged negligence. PTI SPK

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