Over 100 patients survive roof collapse in Siberia

Novosibirsk (Siberia), Jan 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 100 patients were swiftly evacuated from a hospital in Kemerovo, an industrial city in southwest Siberia, after a roof crumbled. No one was hurt in the incident.

The incident occurred in the early hours Sunday in the therapeutics division of hospital No. 1 in the town of Belovo when the roof collapsed on an area of 600 square meters, RIA Novosti quoted the ministry as stating.

'The patients, 109 people, and the hospital's 10-member staff who were in the division were promptly evacuated. No one was hurt in the incident,' the ministry said.

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