Four elderly patients at a central Japan hospital have died after the air conditioning unit in their rooms broke down while relentless heat continued to grip a wide area of the country, police said Tuesday.Y&M Fujikake Daiichi Hospital in Gifu Prefecture, however, denied the cause of death of the patients in their 80s on Sunday and Monday was a result of the air conditioning failure, saying it moved patients with serious conditions to air-conditioned rooms and used fans to substitute for air conditioners.The police received a report on Monday evening that four people had died at the hospita…READ FULL ARTICLE
