No one can deny the fact that the fire tragedy at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Hospital was avoidable if proper safety precautions would have been taken well in time. This unfortunate incident at the aforesaid healthcare facility’s Neuro ICU claiming six lives of critically ill patients is a stark reminder to urgently address the fire safety issues in all the hospitals and other facilities housing ailing and infirm people.

Jammu and Kashmir, which conventionally lagged in providing good healthcare to its subjects no doubt, has taken many strides in the recent years to improve this sector especially during the COVID-19 pandemic but as far as fire safety in the hospitals of the Union Territory is concerned, there is dire need to focus on this aspect to ensure that tragedies like the one reporte

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