The facts took place in a hospital located 120 kilometers from the capital.
Senegalese President Macky Sall announced on Wednesday that eleven newborn babies died in a fire in the neonatology department of a hospital in the town of Tivaouane, located about 120 km east of the capital, Dakar.
“I have just learned with pain and dismay of the death of eleven newborn babies in the fire that occurred in the neonatology department of the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital in Tivaouane”, wrote Macky Sall in a tweet without giving more details. details.
I have just learned with pain and consternation of the death of 11 newborn babies in the fire that occurred in the neonatology department of the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital in Tivaouane.
To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy.— Macky Sall (@Macky_Sall) May 25, 2022
“To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy,” he added. Firefighters and regional officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
However, it should be noted that the hospital had been inaugurated recently, reports the local press. At the beginning of April, another tragedy that occurred in another public hospital had already upset Senegal.