Three Newborn Babies Killed In Bucharest Maternity Hospital Explosion

Eight other babies were severely burnt in the explosion apparently caused by a glitch in the hospital’s air-conditioning system, said Health Ministry undersecretary Raed Arafat, also chief of the emergency services.

Arafat said rescuers discovered the injured babies in the intensive care department, adding they had been sent to the Bucharest Grigore Alexandrescu children hospital, while their mothers were admitted to other medical units.

Dan George Enescu, head of the Grigore Alexandrescu hospital, described the babies’ condition as „extremely critical” and said prematurely born babies have burns covering 70-80%t of their bodies, which, he stressed, it is too much for them.

Prosecutors set off an investigation to establish what caused the explosion and whether it is a negligence case.