A night turned into a disaster for the patients at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Hospital after a fire broke out in the trauma centre of the government-run hospital on Sunday.
The massive fire, suspected to have been caused by a short circuit, started in the intensive care unit (ICU), killing six of the 11 patients that were being treated there. It then quickly spread to a nearby ward, triggering panic among other patients and their families.
Some families of the patients alleged that they had warned the hospital staff about the smoke, but were told that “it was normal”. They also said the fire alarm didn’t go off and that there were no fire extinguishers.
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