A fire swept through a hospital in South Korea early Wednesday, killing 21 people and leaving six others in a critical condition.
Most of the patients who died at the hospital in Janseong county, south of the capital Seoul, were in their seventies and eighties, Yonhap news agency said, citing police and fire officials.
Thirty bedridden patients were trapped by "choking fumes" on the second floor of an annex building, while 10 patients on the first floor managed to escape, the report said.
One nurse was on duty at the time and was among the dead.
The fire was extinguished in around 30 minutes, Yonhap cited fire official Kim Kyong-Man as saying, adding that officials said the toxic fumes were to blame for the heavy death toll.
Queen Elizabeth II has left a central London hospital after a one-day stay caused by a severe stomach bug.
She walked unassisted out of King Edward VII Hospital Monday afternoon wearing a red dress, and was driven away in a motorcade.
The hospital stay had initially been planned for two days. She has been suffering from gastroenteritis, a stomach and intestinal inflammation.
The 86-year-old queen has cancelled her engagements for this week due to the illness. It was her first hospitalization in 10 years.
The federal government has pledged to assist Mr Kanu Nwankwo, founder of Kanu Heart Foundation to establish a cardiac specialist hospital in the country.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu made the pledge while receiving the management of the foundation led by its founder, Nwankwo in his office.
Chukwu, who described Kanu as a national icon, praised the Nigerian soccer hero for extending the benefit of the intervention he received in the functioning of his heart to less privileged Nigerians.
