Eight Patients Die in Jaipur Hospital Blaze: Survivors Speak of Panic, Delayed Rescue, and System Failure

In a horrifying late-night fire at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital, eight patients tragically lost their lives after flames tore through the Neuro ICU of the hospital’s Trauma Centre. The incident, which occurred just before midnight on Sunday, has triggered widespread public outrage, with grieving families accusing the hospital administration of delayed response, untrained staff, and poor fire safety preparedness.

The fire reportedly broke out around 11:20 p.m. in a storeroom next to the Neuro ICU, where combustible materials like paper files, chemicals, and blood sample tubes were kept. Within minutes, thick smoke had engulfed the ICU, home to 11 critically ill patients, most of them unconscious and dependent on life-support systems.

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