Despite repeated fires, only 11 per cent of Mumbai hospitals have a disaster plan

Govt- and civic-run hospitals also fail to submit disaster management plan to the BMC

Only 11 per cent of the private hospitals and a few government- and corporation-run hospitals have submitted their disaster management plan to the civic body in the past one year, shows the official database. The BMC had sought the plan following a deadly fire at a hospital in Bhandara last year. 

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