Jaipur, Oct. 9 -- In the immediate aftermath of the devastating fire that killed at least six patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Sawai Man Singh Hospital's trauma centre on Sunday night, a spot inspection by HT revealed extensive maintenance and safety issues- which included exposed wiring, peeling walls, and in Ward 112 (where patients rescued from the fire were subsequently shifted), the steady drip of water from the damp roof collecting in a small, blue bucket. At around 11am on Tuesday, a small inspection team comprising of five to six engineers prised open the sealed entrance to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the trauma centre, currently charred beyond recognition. The centre had four ICUs in total- out of which two were affected. Both were on the second floor. Meanwhile, repairs have begun. "The work began this morning. They will repair these broken tiles. We have also arranged repairs for the dampness of the walls," said Devendra Kumar, who is in-charge of one of the two remaining ICUs. However, the condition of the remaining ICUs doesn't seem much better. "The walls here are always damp, as they were in the other two ICUs. The walls have electric panels installed, and we sometimes receive shocks when we touch them. We reported it to the higher authorities, but no action was taken," says a member of the nursing staff deputed to an ICU. The tragedy, which has also heralded administrative changes. On Monday, the hospital superintendent Dr Sushil Bhati and the nodal officer Dr Anurag Dhakad were sacked on orders of state health minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar, who also initiated punitive action against the fire safety agency SK Electric Company, which was responsible for the hospital's firefighting infrastructure. Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday ordered the constitution of an investigation committee to probe the incident and assign necessary responsibility. "The government's committee has started their probe this morning. We all have to appear before them. They will record our statement," he said, "But these issues are not new. I have written several letters over the years which also included many regarding the damp walls, damaged electric panels in those ICUs that caught fire. Had actions been taken on time, we didn't have to see this day," he said. At the office of the recently sacked Dr Dhakad, Khan and his team were seen sitting with a pile of complaint letters written to the SMS authorities at various points of time. "It would be too early to comment on the matter. We are checking all the documents, recording statements of the staff, and trying to find out the lapses that led to the accident," said a committee member. Meanwhile, the faces of the victims' families tell a tale of a different kind of reckoning. Even as hospital authorities busied themselves with repairs, Bharat Lal Verma, the nephew of Digamber Verma (37), who succumbed to suffocation due to smoke inhalation on Monday morning, as confirmed by mortuary officials at the hospital, found himself running from pillar to post to organise the documents relating to his uncle's death. "Soon after the fire broke out, we took him out of the building and were waiting for the hospital staff near the Suchna Kendra (located next to the trauma centre). We asked them to give him oxygen but they ignored us and he died. Now, the government is excluding him from the list of victims to keep from paying us the compensation we are due," alleged Verma....