Doctors scramble as ventilator blast floods COVID-19 ward with smoke in India

Watch the moment doctors scramble to evacuate COVID-19 patients from a ward after a ventilator exploded and flooded the room with thick smoke.

Footage from September 8 shows the ventilator in the background of the ICU randomly combust prompting medical professionals to hastily escort patients from the room.

The CCTV footage was captured in the SSG building at Vadorada hospital in western India, which is said to be the country's largest coronavirus facilities.