The Rajasthan government has announced the formation of a 6-member committee to investigate the Jaipur tragedy.

Editorial: The death of 10 patients in a fire in the ICU of Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur is a regrettable incident. Sawai Man Singh Hospital is a government hospital and such a tragedy should be considered an example of government negligence.

The relatives of the deceased patients have also alleged that the hospital staff was informed about sparks coming out of the electric wire in the store of Neuro ICU where the fire started, but the staff ignored this information. An oxygen cylinder in the store room exploded due to heat, due to which the fire spread rapidly and the entire floor was engulfed in thick smoke.

Therefore, it became difficult to evacuate the patients from

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