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Jaipur SMS Hospital Fire: A massive fire erupted at the intensive care unit (ICU) ward of Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Monday, October 6, resulting in the deaths of several patients. Six of them died, and their names have been included in the official list of casualties.

While the health department reports the death toll as six, the families of the victims insist that eight lives were lost in the tragic incident. According to the victim’s families, Sarvesh from Agra and Digambar Regar from Sawai Madhopur are the two names that the health department has refused to acknowledge as among the deceased in the fire, NDTV reported.

Dr Sushil Bhati, suspended Deputy Superintendent of the Trauma Wing, said, “Some patients who were critical and sensitive, they had to be shifted out, and they died because of that, not necessarily because of the fire."

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He said that the health department listed the names of six patients who died in the fire; all were admitted to the neuro ICU on the second floor. However, Sarvesh and Digamber’s names were missing from the list as they were admitted to the semi-ICU ward.

“Only those who died due to choking and fire have been included in the list of casualties. And all these are from the neuro ICU,” Bhati was quoted as saying by NDTV.

According to a health department official, of the 11 patients in the Neuro ICU and 23 in adjacent ICUs on the second floor, where the massive fire broke out, all were saved except six. Five patients were critically injured. Of these, three are still in the ICU, while two are now recovering in a ward.

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“We quickly organised ventilators and called extra staff to give oxygen support to these patients who were critical and had to be shifted out of the 2nd floor. It has been a terrible loss. I am shaken and we lost six patients, but somewhere we are thankful for the lives we managed to save,” a neurosurgeon said.