KwaZulu-Natal Health is investigating the death of a woman (41) last week who died after setting herself on fire at Clairwood Hospital, with the blaze then spreading to the rest of the isolation ward.
Nearly two dozen patients were safely evacuated from an adjacent ward, which also subsequently caught alight, reports IOL.
The fire department was able to extinguish the fire with no further injuries being reported, said authorities.
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