‘No Equipment, No Water': Families Allege Staff Ignored Warning As Jaipur Hospital Fire Leaves 6 Patients Dead

Jaipur Hospital Fire: A tragic fire at the trauma centre of the state-run Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur late Sunday night, claimed six lives with the family members of the deceased alleging

that the staff had ignored initial warnings. They have also alleged severe lapses in emergency preparedness at the hospital."The ICU caught fire. There was no equipment to extinguish it. There were no cylinders or even water to douse the fire. There were no facilities. My mother passed away," a man told ANI.

#WATCH | SMS Hospital fire, Jaipur | "... The ICU caught fire. There was no equipment to extinguish it. There were no cylinders or even water to douse the fire. There were no facilities. My mother passed away...," says a person who lost a family member in the fire at Jaipur's… pic.twitter.com/BCV2Sa9jMT

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"When smoke came out at 11.20 pm, we had informed the doctors that the patients might have problems. Then, gradually the smoke increased. As the smoke increased, the doctors and those working downstairs in the compound all left. Then suddenly there was so much smoke that we couldn't remove the patients," a man told news agency ANI. The man lost his cousin brother in the Jaipur hospital fire. "My aunt's son was there. He was 25 years old and his name was Pintu. He was fine. They were about to discharge him in a day or two," he added.

#WATCH | SMS Hospital fire, Jaipur | "... It was my aunt's son. He was 25 years old and named Pintu... When smoke came out at 11.20 pm, we had informed the doctors that the patients might have problems. Then gradually the smoke increased. As the smoke increased, the doctors and… pic.twitter.com/sR3OuQ79Ku

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Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel and Minister of State for Home Jawahar Singh Bedham visited the trauma centre to take stock of the situation. When Patel and Bedham initially arrived, the attendants of two patients expressed their anguish, alleging that the staff fled during the fire, reported PTI. They also claimed that the hospital staff could not provide updates on their patients' conditions, it added. "We noticed smoke and immediately informed the staff, but they did not pay any heed. When the fire broke out, they were the first to run. Now, we cannot get any information about our patients. We want to know their condition, but no one is telling us," one attendee said, as quoted by PTI.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has ordered an investigation into the fire. He announced the formation of a committee chaired by Iqbal Khan, Commissioner, Medical Education Department. The committee will investigate the case of fire and the hospital management's response to it. The committee will also investigate the firefighting arrangements at the trauma centre and the hospital. According to PTI, when the firefighting team arrived, the entire ward was engulfed in smoke. The firefighters had to break a window on the opposite side of the building to start extinguishing the fire. Vikas, a ward boy who was at the scene, said that he and other staff members rescued as many people as they could before the flames worsened.Read More - Jaipur ICU Fire: Horrific Aftermath Visuals of Tragedy At Govt Hospital That Killed 6 PatientsTrauma centre in-charge Dr Anurag Dhakad said that 11 patients were being treated in the Neuro ICU when the fire erupted in the storage area. A suspected short circuit is believed to have caused the blaze, he added."Six of them, two women and four men, died in the incident. Fourteen other patients were admitted in a different ICU, and all were successfully evacuated to safer locations," Dr Dhakad said.The deceased were identified as Pintu (from Sikar), Dilip (from Andhi, Jaipur), Shrinath, Rukmini, Khurma (all from Bharatpur) and Bahadur (from Sanganer, Jaipur). Various documents, ICU equipment, blood sample tubes, and other items stored in the area were gutted by the fire.(With inputs from ANI, PTI)