The fire began in the intensive care unit of Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Hospital, ‘releasing toxic gases’, an official said
The fire began in the intensive care unit of the Sawai Man Singh Hospital, “releasing toxic gases”, hospital official Anurag Dhakad told the ANI news agency, adding that a short circuit was the suspected cause.
“Five patients are still critical,” he said, while 13 had been safely evacuated from the two wards of the hospital in the capital of Rajasthan, which draws patients from across the desert state.
Fire brigade teams arrived within 20 minutes after the fire began late on Sunday in the neurosurgery intensive care unit, hospital superintendent Sushil Kumar Bhati told the agency.
Most of the hospital equipment was gutted in the roughly two hours it took to bring the fire under control, however, broadcaster NDTV said.
