Kocani fire claims 62 victim, patient in Belgrade succumbed to injuries
Another patient succumbed to injuries from the fire in Kocani, which rose to 62 people in the tragedy.
The Ministry of Health informed this afternoon that according to information from the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, Stojance Stefanov of Kocani, born in 2001, succumbed to the injuries.
« It is a patient who, from the first day, according to the initial trial of medical teams, was immediately referred to the Military – Medical Academy in Belgrade and who was also intubated in critical condition in the past month, » the Ministry of Health explained.
It was a patient with 27 percent burning with burns and serious injuries to smoke inhalation.
– The WMA operates on April 4 and set on an ECMO device, which oxygenates the blood through the machine because of the inhaled smoke. But due to the seriousness of the injuries, he was unstable and in a difficult general situation, most of the hospitalization – the authorities added.
The Ministry of Health expresses the deepest condolences to the family and all concerned by the tragedy in Kocani.
The fire at the Pulse disco in Kocani occurred early in the morning on March 16.
