Rajasthan govt constitutes committee to investigate cause of fire, security arrangements at SMS Hospital

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 6 (ANI): The Rajasthan government on Monday constituted a 6-member committee to investigate the fire that broke out in the Trauma ICU of the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur, claiming six lives.
The committee will be chaired by Iqbal Khan, Commissioner of the Medical Department, and includes Mukesh Kumar Meena, Additional Director of Hospital Administration in Rajasthan Medical Education Society (RajMES), Chandan Singh Meena, Chief Engineer, RajMES; Ajay Mathur, Chief Engineer, Electrical in PWD; RK Jain, Additional Principal, SMS Medical College, and Chief Fire Officer, Jaipur Municipal Corporation.
According to the order by the Office of the Secretary to the Government, Medical Education Department, the committee will investigate the causes of the fire, the hospital management's arrangements for controlling the fire, the firefighting arrangements at the Trauma Center and SMS Hospital, the safety and evacuation of patients in case of a fire, and the arrangements to protect the hospital from such fires in the future and prevent recurrence of such accidents.
The committee will submit a detailed report to the State government.
Earlier today, former Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot demanded a high-level investigation into the deaths after a fire broke out at the ICU of a trauma centre at SMS Hospital in Jaipur on late Sunday night.
In an X post, Gehlot said that the fire in the ICU of the trauma centre at SMS Hospital is "extremely heartbreaking."
"The state government should conduct a high-level investigation into this incident to ensure that such accidents do not recur anywhere in the future," he added.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma visited the SMS Hospital after the tragic incident.
The incident, attributed to a short circuit, has resulted in the unfortunate loss of six lives, as confirmed by Jaipur Police Commissioner Biju George Joseph
The forensics team is investigating to determine the cause, the Police Commissioner told ANI.
He said, "Our FSL team's investigation will reveal the cause of the fire. At first glance, it appears to be a short circuit, but the final cause will only be determined after the FSL investigation. The death of six people has been confirmed." (ANI)