Overview

• The fire broke out late Sunday night in the second-floor trauma centre of Jaipur's state-run Sawai Man Singh Hospital.
• Officials said the incident began in the trauma ICU, where 11 patients were admitted alongside 13 in an adjacent semi-ICU.
• Hospital staff used trolleys to evacuate patients and performed CPR on the most critical, but six—two women and four men—could not be revived.
• Five patients remain in critical condition following the evacuations and resuscitation attempts.
• Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma visited the hospital after the incident, according to ANI reporting carried by News18.