Hospital fire: Death toll now 11

Update: 2018-12-22 05:30 IST

Mumbai: The Mumbai hospital fire claimed its eleventh victim, as a week-old baby girl succumbed to her injuries in the early hours on Friday, a civic official said. 

According to the official, eight other injured were in a critical condition. "A week-old baby girl, Lalita, succumbed to her smoke inhalation injuries around 12.20 am on Friday, at the Seven Hills Hospital. 

With her death, the toll in the fire incident has now gone up to 11," said a senior official of the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) "Of the total number of people injured in the incident, 91 are still undergoing treatment in different hospitals in the city. 

Of them, eight patients are in a critical condition. They are on ventilators and battling for life," he said.

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