Removed official says he warned about safety issues at trauma centre

Nation

Jaipur: Days before the devastating fire at the trauma centre of Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Hospital claimed six lives, the now-removed in-charge of the unit, Dr Anurag Dhakad, had warned higher authorities about electric current in the walls, leaking roofs and serious faults in the electrical panels.

He also claimed that no concrete action was taken to address the alarming situation.

A massive fire blazed through the neuro ICU on the second floor of the trauma centre on Sunday night, killing six of the 11 patients on critical care support. Fourteen patients from another ICU on the same floor were also evacuated, and two of them later died.

However, the hospital administration has maintained that the deaths due to fire were six. Taking action in the matter, the state government re