This evening an incident occurred at Gozo General Hospital (GGH) in which a fire broke out in the IT room of one of the hospital wards.

Steward Malta said in a statement that, “up to the moment of this communication, there were no injuries to patients and staff as a result of this incident, and all people inside the hospital were accounted for and are reported as safe,” Steward said.

It explained that the fire was contained within this room and was controlled and extinguished rapidly by the CPD. However, as a result of the fire, smoke spread in a number of wards and rooms in the adjacent areas and hospital corridors.

Steward said that all patients in the male and female wards of GGH were immediately evacuated safely transferred to the hospital’s Outpatients Department and to the Barts Medical School within the GGH campus.

It added that the hospital’s Emergency Response Team activated its contingency plans together with the assistance of the emergency teams including the CPD, Fire Department and Police forces.

“GGH is working round the clock to bring the situation back to normal and ensure the safety and health of its patients and staff members,” said Steward.

More updates will be given in the coming hours.

File photo: Gozo News/Anthony Zammit

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