Cairo: The Iraqi health minister resigned on Tuesday over a fire that killed 82 people at a COVID-19 virus hospital in Baghdad.
“The prime minister accepted the letter of resignation submitted by Health and Environment Minister Hassan al-Tamimi,” a press statement read.
A committee that investigated the April 24 fire, caused by the explosion of an oxygen tank, recommended on Tuesday that suspension be lifted from the health minister and the Baghdad mayor.
A source in the know told Sputnik that al-Tamimi had handed his resignation in at a cabinet meeting, saying he would stick to his decision to step down.