Blaze in Gwalior's Trauma Care Hospital: Family Blames, Authorities Deny

A patient died in Jayarogya Hospital's trauma care centre in Gwalior after a fire broke out in an air-conditioning unit. While the patient's family blames the fire and subsequent evacuation for the death, hospital authorities claim the patient was already in serious condition and the fire was not the cause.

A patient on ventilator support died at a government-run hospital's trauma care unit in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday morning.

His family attributes the fatality to a fire in the center's air-conditioning unit, but hospital officials insist the condition of the patient was already critical.

Authorities state the incident happened at Jayarogya Hospital, and despite the smoke, nine other patients were relocated safely. The fire was quickly controlled with extinguishers, they added.

(With inputs from agencies.)