Lightning struck, fuse blew, and four women died in Ahvaz Hospital
Lightning struck, the fuse blew and the power went out. The emergency power supplies also failed, and four women hospitalized in the ICU of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ahvaz died. The Ministry of Health said that the rains had damaged hospitals in Ahvaz.
Lightning struck, the fuse blew and the power went out. The emergency power supplies also failed, and four women hospitalized in the ICU of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ahvaz died. The Ministry of Health said that the rains had damaged hospitals in Ahvaz.
Gholamreza Shariati, the governor of Khuzestan, said in a meeting of the Khuzestan Crisis Management Headquarters held today, December 17, about the cause of the death of four women hospitalized in Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ahvaz that everything started with a lightning strike and then one of the hospital's fuses was blown. While the electricity in the area was not cut off, the machines in the intensive care unit were turned off and four patients died.
According to the governor of Khuzestan, only one fuse caused the problem, and the emergency power supply and UPS that were provided in advance did not work properly and on time, and the ICU equipment was turned off.
Meanwhile, Kianoush Jahanpour, Public Relations Director of the Ministry of Health, in an interview with ILNA, attributed the death of these four female citizens to recent rainfall and some damage to hospitals in Ahvaz.
The deaths of four women at Imam Hospital in Ahvaz have become a media sensation today, while the people of Ahvaz and social media users are still talking about the suspicious deaths of four students in the city in recent weeks and are demanding transparent information from officials from the Ministry of Science and Health.
“Devices are not tested and controlled in a timely manner”
Shariati, noting that the government has fulfilled its duty to provide emergency electricity, confirmed the existence of weaknesses in the performance and management of its subsidiary, saying that in some cases, experts had not examined and tested these devices in advance.
The governor of Khuzestan also emphasized the need to follow up on the issue, saying that those responsible for the incident must be held accountable and the situation must be managed in a way that prevents similar incidents from recurring.
Jahanpour, the director of public relations for the Ministry of Health, also said that if reports show that the cause of the death of these four women was laziness and carelessness of the staff or a technical defect, then they will be treated in accordance with regulations.
Security agencies and contaminated cakes
Jahanpour, the director of public relations at the Ministry of Health, also reiterated the outcome of the Ministry of Health's investigations into the presence of undetected pills in food, saying that this incident was committed with the intention of sabotage and has nothing to do with the Food and Drug Administration or the control of food products.
He considered it necessary for law enforcement and security forces to enter the case of contaminated pills discovered in food and emphasized that even if the cause of the pills' presence in food is discovered, the Ministry of Health will not have the authority to comment on it, and security and judicial institutions must report.
Health Minister Saeed Namaki also called the issue of contaminated cakes in Iran a “security issue.” Namaki said that the pills were inserted into the cakes with the aim of “disturbing public opinion and destroying the food industry.” In recent weeks, there have been reports of dozens of children being poisoned after consuming these cakes.
Source: DW
