Jaipur: Hospital fire kills six people in ICU; relatives allege negligence

people, two women and four men, died, and five others are currently receiving treatment,” he said.

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‘The victims were identified as Pintu from Sikar; Dilip and Bahadur from Jaipur; and Shrinath, Rukmini, and Kusuma from Bharatpur.

The government announced Rs 10 lakh in compensation to the next of the kin of the deceased.

It also removed SMS hospital superintendent Dr Sushil Bhati and Trauma Centre in-charge Dr Anurag Dhakad from their posts. The two were replaced by Dr Mrinal Joshi and Dr B L Yadav.

‘The tender of the fire safety agency was cancelled, and legal proceedings were underway against the company, an official said.

Meanwhile, a second ICU on the same floor, housing 14 patients, was successfully evacuated without casualties. “All other patients were moved to safer locations in time,’ Dakhad confirmed. The hospital, the largest government medical facility in Rajasthan, caters to critically ill patients from across the state and neighbouring regions.

Scenes at the trauma centre bore stark evidence of the fire’s intensity. Blackened walls, twisted equipment, shattered glass, and smoke damage told the tale of the rapid blaze. Though some initial reports cited eight fatalities, both Dakhad and hospital superintendent Sushil Bhati clarified that six patients had died.