A hospital hearth that killed 11 new child infants in Senegal might have been brought on by an electrical brief circuit, the nation's well being minister mentioned Thursday.
Diouf Sarr informed native radio station RFM: "Once we heard about it, we known as the administration to search out out what occurred. We have been informed that there was a brief circuit within the division. The nurses who have been there intervened."
Sarr is in Geneva, Switzerland, the place he's attending the World Well being Meeting convention. He has reduce brief his journey and will probably be returning to Senegal instantly, his ministry mentioned.
The hearth occurred on the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital within the western Senegalese metropolis of Tivaouane, mentioned the nation's president, Macky Sall.
"I simply realized, with ache and consternation, the demise of 11 new child infants," Sall mentioned in a tweet on Thursday. "I categorical my profound compassion to their moms and their households," he added.
CNN has contacted the hospital, however has not but heard again.
Sall declared a 3 days of nationwide mourning from Thursday and flags will fly at half mast throughout this era, an announcement from the Presidency mentioned.
The President additionally launched an investigation to search out out the reason for the hearth, the nation's inside minister Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome informed reporters throughout a go to to the hospital in a single day on Wednesday.
"Past that, he (Sall) requested that we assessment all of the tools and infrastructure devoted to newborns who want help with machines for his or her care," Diome mentioned.
"We're going to do it right here in Tivaouane and in all of the hospitals in Senegal the place there's a neonatal service," he added.
Senegalese Minister of Regional Planning and Native Authorities, Cheikh Bamba Dièye, described the deadly incident as "horrific and unacceptable" whereas urging a probe of the nation's well being techniques.
"I'm appalled by the horrific and unacceptable demise of 11 new child infants in Tivaouane. The recurrence of tragedies in our hospitals reminds us of the duty to completely assessment the standard of service in our hospitals. My deepest condolences to the households," he mentioned in a Twitter publish.
Senegal has a robust fame for well being care in West Africa and its Covid-19 response has been lauded by the Africa Centres for Illness Management and Prevention, amongst others.
Nonetheless, the nation has been rocked by current well being care scandals together with a earlier hearth on the neonatal unit of a hospital in Linguere, northern Senegal the place 4 infants died.
Three midwives additionally precipitated outrage within the nation earlier this month after they have been accused of refusing a pregnant girl a cesarean. The girl reportedly later died.
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