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The trial on the blaze that killed 14 in the COVID-19 hospital in Tetovo postponed again

The court hearing about the deadly fire in September 2021 in the modular COVID-19 hospital in Tetovo, North Macedonia, yesterday was postponed for the second time. Fourteen people died in the incident. Two of the defendants, Dr. Boban Vuchevski and the hospital's former Financial Director Artam Etemi, appeared in the court without attorneys to represent them. Even though they had...

Portalb.mk: Two months after COVID-19 hospital blaze in Tetovo, Prosecutor’s Office still waiting for forensic reports

The second month since the tragic blaze in the modular COVID-19 hospital in Tetovo has passed, but there are still no results from the investigation into the causes. The general public is still held hostage by the mystery and the questions that the authorities are not giving answers to, Portalb.mk writes. Regardless of the fact that it has been almost...

North Macedonia PM Zaev didn’t accept resignations of Filipche and Hasani after COVID hospital blaze

Zoran Zaev, the Prime minister of North Macedonia, in a press conference yesterday announced that he will not accept the resignations of the Health Minister Venko Filipche and the Deputy Health Minister Ilir Hasani about the fire at the modular COVID hospital in Tetovo that claimed the lives of 14 people. "Regarding the рesignations offered by Health Minister Venko Filipche...

Macedonian government declares three days of mourning after the blaze in Tetovo hospital

With one minute silence as respect toward the victims in the tragic fire at the modular covid center in Tetovo and as a sign of compassion with their families, at today's session, the Government adopted a decision to declare a three day period of mourning on the territory of the whole state. During today's session, the Government adopted a...

Ambassadors Geer and Galloway express condolences on victims in hospital blaze in North Macedonia

The tragedy that struck Tetovo, North Macedonia, last night, when blaze destroyed the modular COVID-19 hospital killing 14 of the 26 patients that were treated in the premises, is breaking news in the region and condolences are arriving from all sides. The EU Ambassador to North Macedonia, David Geer, expressed sorrow over the tragedy that struck the people of Tetovo. "Our...

After deadly blaze in Tetovo hospital, officials in North Macedonia are cancelling public events

The Office of the President of the Republic of North Macedonia cancelled all the planned events for today, due to the tragedy in the city of Tetovo yesterday evening, when 14 patients lost their lived in the deadly blaze that engulfed the modular COVID-19 hospital. Previously, the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, a number of government ministries and...

26 patients were treated in the fire-ravaged Tetovo modular hospital, 12 of them rescued

The Ministry of Health of North Macedonia informs that in yesterday evening's deadly fire that destroyed the modular COVID-19 hospital in the city of Tetovo, 14 people lost their lives. Before the blaze, 26 people were being treated in the COVID-19 centre and 12 of them were saved by the emergency services. The survivors are being treated in the...

Number of casualties of fire in North Macedonia hospital rises, Public Prosecution requests post mortem for 14 bodies

Prosecutors in North Macedonia have issued orders for post mortem and identification of the bodies of the 14 victims of the blaze the engulfed the COVID-19 modular hospital in Tetovo last night, and an investigation is ongoing whether there are other victims, announced the Basic Public Prosecution - Skopje. "DNA analysis is necessary to establish the identity of some of...

Blaze kills at least 10 patients in a modular COVID hospital in Tetovo, North Macedonia

Three prosecutors from Tetovo and two from Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, have started investigation about the fire that raged in the COVID-19 modular hospital in Tetovo and burned to the ground last night, with at least 10 people losing their lives in the blaze. Apart from the Prosecution, the Government of North Macedonia also issued a statement, noting...