Jaipur SMS hospital fire: 2 police officers brave flames to rescue patients

JAIPUR: Two brave cops went beyond their regular duties to evacuate critically sick patients from the raging flames astatine SMS Hospital's Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Medicine precocious Sunday.Constables Hari Mohan and Lalit Sharma, posted with SMS Hospital PS, were astatine the installation for a regular aesculapian introspection of a laboratory technician - an battle lawsuit subsister - astir 11.15pm, erstwhile they spotted radical screaming and moving from the ICU connected the archetypal floor. As soon arsenic they learnt what had happened, the fearless duo rushed wrong to assistance evacuation efforts.TOI spoke to some policemen Monday."I informed my elder officers, including the SHO, and entered the ICU.

I archetypal helped a young lad with a caput injury. He kept asking maine if helium would survive. Even aft reaching the crushed floor, helium didn't privation to permission me," Hari Mohan said. "We besides unmounted immoderate firefighting instrumentality from the ICU wall, which helped douse the blaze," helium said, adding that the fume was dense and helium had to wrapper his handkerchief astir his chemoreceptor and rima to breathe."Around 1.30 am, it was confirmed that six radical had died, but astir patients had been shifted safely.

We past near for the constabulary station," Hari Mohan. The occurrence did not permission him unscathed. "Around 12.30 am, portion carrying a stretcher, I struggled to breathe. The infirmary authorities enactment maine connected oxygen and IV fluids, and I was discharged successful the morning," helium added.Lalit Sharma described however the attendants' fears turned into alleviation upon seeing the uniformed men. "People were screaming for help, and but for a few, cipher dared to spell wrong the fire-engulfed ICU. With the assistance of ward boys and nursing staff, we managed to evacuate astatine slightest 12 critically sick patients. Some were connected oxygen support," helium said.