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Jaipur: A fire broke out late Sunday night at the neurosurgery ICU of SMS Medical College’s Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, claiming the lives of eight critically ill patients. Six patients died in the ICU affected by the fire, while two others died during evacuation from the neighbouring ICU. Five patients rescued from the burnt…

Jaipur: Pradesh Congress Committee chief Govind Singh Dotasra, Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully, and NSUI national president Varun Chaudhary met director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar Sharma at police headquarters Monday. They registered their protest regarding the arrest of NSUI state president Vinod Jakhar and the attack on NSUI students with weapons during their…

Jaipur: If fearlessness had a face, then it would be that of constables Hari Mohan and Lalit Sharma, of the SMS Hospital police station. The two went beyond their regular duties to evacuate critically ill patients amid raging fire at the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Medicine of the SMS Hospital Sunday late night.The duo…

Jaipur: It was only in May 2025 that Jaipur Municipal Corporation handed SMS Hospital a fire NoC, declaring that Rajasthan’s largest govt hospital was compliant on all fire safety parametres until May 2027. Yet, when fire broke out in the hospital’s neurosurgery trauma centre Sunday night and claimed eight lives, no alarms were sounded to…

Jaipur: The acrid smell of a day-old fire and burnt chemicals still hung heavy in the air at SMS Hospital Monday, as family members of those who perished in the accident lingered on outside the mortuary to collect the remains of the dead.Fighting teary eyes, a few of these traumatised souls described the scenes of…