A fire in t𝓀he neonatal unit of a hospital in Senegal has killed 11 newborns, President Macky Sall said. Only three infants could be saved.
“To their mothers and families, I express my deepe✱st sympathy,” Sall tweeted late Wednesday.
Th𒁃e fire was blamed on an electrical short circuit at the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in Tivaouane, a town 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of the capital, Dakar, Mayor Demba Diop said.
The deadly fire comes a year after four other newborns 🍒di🦹ed in a hospital fire in Linguere in northern Senegal.
A series of other deaths also have raisedꩲ concerns about maternal and infant health in the West African nation known for having some of the best hospitals in the region.
Earlier this month, authorities discovered a baby that had been declared dead by a nurse's aide was still alive in a morgue. The🎶 infant later died.
Last year a pregnant woman died in Louga, in the north of the country, after waiting in v♈ain for a cesarean section. Three midwives were given six-month suspended sentences for not giving help to a person in danger.
Health Minister Abdoulaye Dio🧸uf Sarr, who was attending the World Health Assembly in Geneva, cut short his trip to return toꩲ Senegal.
