The Patients, doctors and medical staff at BMC-run KEM hospital have been risking their lives for the past three years as the structural audit found around six wards in the hospital in need of structural repair work. According to the BMC officials, they are aware of the condition of the building and were looking for space to shift these wards. See pics Pic/Suraj Pandey
Updated On: 2023-01-30 09:48 AM IST
Chunks of plaster from the ceiling have fallen off in many wards at KEM hospital (right) the hospital administration has installed nets below the ceiling to avoid untoward incidents, at ward no. 8
The ceiling of ward 11 at KEM hospital has visible iron rods as plaster has fallen off
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As per the official, the wards that need repairs are ward 4 (medicine), 4A (emergency), 7 (general surgery male), 11 (medicine), 8 (general ward female), and 12 (general ward). When asked about the condition of these wards, Deputy Municipal Commissioner Sanjay Kurhade told mid-day, “We are concerned for the safety of the patients and are looking for options to shift them”
Many of the wards at the hospital also reported leakage issues. Adjustable iron scaffolding props jack were placed at the entrance, passage and toilets of several wards to provide support to the dilapidated structures. mid-day has learnt that apart from these six wards, the condition of the nursing school and nurse quarters too was bad
