Key Points
A 23-year-old man died during treatment after his oxygen mask allegedly caught fire in the ICU of a government hospital in Rajasthan's Kota...
The family members of the deceased, Vaibhav Sharma, a resident of Anantpura Talab in Kota, alleged negligence by doctors and staff at the New Medical College Hospital...
They claimed that the oxygen mask over his face caught fire after he was given Direct Current (DC) Cardioversion shock treatment in the ICU and the mask was stuck to his neck..
Following his death, the kin of the deceased along with some BJP and Congress leaders, staged a four-hour dharna outside the hospital and demanded strict action against the hospital and compensation to the family...
Kota South MLA Sandeep Sharma, a BJP leader, condoled the death of Vaibhav and alleged that he died due to medical negligence...
