Socola hospital fire: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|2020 fire in Iași, Romania}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox event

| title = Socola hospital fire

| image =

| caption =

| date = 25 December 2020

| time = ~03:05

| timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]

| duration = Around 1 hour

| venue = {{ill|Socola Psychiatric Clinic Hospital|ro|Spitalul Clinic de Psihiatrie „Socola”}}

| map = {{Infobox mapframe|marker=building|zoom=14|coord={{coord|47.128425|N|27.613859|E|region:RO_type:event|display=inline}}}}

| coordinates = {{coord|47|7|42.33|N|27|36|49.892|E|region:RO_type:event|display=inline,title}}

| location = {{ill|Socola, Iași|lt=Socola|ro|Socola, Iași}}, [[Iași]], [[Romania]]

| type = [[Fire]]

| cause = [[Smoking]] (possibly)

| reported deaths = 1

| reported injuries = 0

}}

On 25 December 2020, at around 03:05 [[Eastern European Time|EET]] on [[Christmas]] night, it was reported that a fire had started in the {{ill|Socola Psychiatric Clinic Hospital|ro|Spitalul Clinic de Psihiatrie „Socola”}} at the {{ill|Socola, Iași|lt=Socola|ro|Socola, Iași}} quarter of [[Iași]], [[Romania]]. Once the fire was announced, two [[fire engine]]s with [[firefighters]] and an [[intensive care unit]] with a doctor came to the scene, managing to extinguish the fire at 04:00. A total of 18 patients<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.agorapress.ro/pacient-mort-intr-un-incendiu-la-spitalul-socola-din-iasi-tragedia-s-a-petrecut-pe-sectia-unui-medic-declarat-incompatibil-de-ani|title=FOTO. Pacient mort intr-un incendiu la Spitalul "Socola" din Iași! Tragedia s-a petrecut pe sectia unui medic declarat incompatibil de ANI|newspaper=AgoraPress|date=25 December 2020|language=ro}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/sanatate/incendiu-la-spitalul-de-psihiatrie-socola-iasi-in-noaptea-de-craciun-un-pacient-de-33-de-ani-a-murit-1423679|title=Incendiu la Spitalul de Psihiatrie Socola Iași, în noaptea de Crăciun. Un pacient de 33 de ani a murit|first=Georgel|last=Costiță|newspaper=[[Digi24]]|date=25 December 2020|language=ro}}</ref> were evacuated from the hospital within 15 minutes,<ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=https://www.ziaruldeiasi.ro/stiri/foto-un-tanar-a-murit-azi-noapte-intr-un-incendiu-care-a-cuprins-spitalul-socola--274346.html|title=(FOTO) Un tânăr a murit într-un incendiu care a cuprins Spitalul Socola|newspaper=Ziarul de Iași|date=25 December 2020|language=ro}}</ref> including a 33-year-old man that was found semiconscious, with [[burn]]s and signs of [[smoke inhalation]]. An attempt was made to [[resuscitate]] him, but he was pronounced dead at 06:00.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Bogdan Șaramet, director of the Socola Psychiatric Clinic Hospital, explained that this was the first time the victim had been hospitalized there and that the victim did not have a [[medical history]], but that he had been brought in after "an acute episode". The pavilion in which he was located was the 1B, the largest in the hospital, which had been transformed at the beginning of 2020 into a "hall" for patients who underwent [[Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction|RT-PCR]] [[COVID-19 testing|tests]] to see if they were infected by [[COVID-19]] or not. The fire is believed to have started because a patient started [[smoking]], although it is not known how [[cigarette]]s got into the building.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://romania.europalibera.org/a/incendiu-la-spitalul-de-psihiatrie-socola-iasi-un-pacient-a-decedat-/31018796.html|title=Incendiu la Spitalul de Psihiatrie Socola Iași. Un pacient a decedat|newspaper=Radio Europa Liberă România|date=25 December 2020|language=ro}}</ref>

It was the second in a series of three major fires that occurred in hospitals in Romania. The first of them was the [[Piatra Neamț hospital fire]] on 14 November 2020 and the third was the [[Matei Balș hospital fire]] on 29 January 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rador.ro/2021/02/01/el-pais-un-nou-incendiu-creste-la-21-numarul-de-morti-din-cauza-incendiilor-din-spitalele-romanesti-in-mai-putin-de-trei-luni|title=EL PAIS: Un nou incendiu crește la 21 numărul de morți din cauza incendiilor din spitalele românești, în mai puțin de trei luni|first=Cornel|last=Spiru|newspaper=[[Agenția de presă RADOR|RADOR]]|date=1 February 2021|language=ro}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=https://www.doctorulzilei.ro/de-ce-iau-foc-spitalele-din-romania-sistemul-medical-romanesc-sub-zodia-focului|title=De ce iau foc spitalele din România? Sistemul medical românesc sub Zodia Focului. O listă a incendiilor produse în spitalele din România, în ultimii 10 ani|first=Carmen|last=Alecu|newspaper=Doctorul Zilei|date=29 January 2021|language=ro}}</ref> In early January, two more hospital fires occurred in the country, one on 2 January in [[Roman, Romania|Roman]] and another on 5 January in [[Galați]]. However, there were no deaths in either of them.<ref name=":3" />

==See also==

* [[COVID-19 pandemic in Romania]]

* [[List of building or structure fires]]

* [[Piatra Neamț hospital fire]]

* [[Matei Balș hospital fire]]

* [[Constanța hospital fire]]

==References==

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