Mumbai: ‘Fire alarm rang 3-4 times but was put off’

Govindlal Das (80) was admitted to

Sunrise Hospital

on March 23. His daughter Archana Das was at the hospital on Thursday night, hours before the

fire

broke out. “When I was at the hospital, the fire

alarm

rang at least 3-4 times. But it was simply switched off and no action was taken. My father was in the ICU and the hospital did not inform us about any details. They would only call us for payment and not to inform us about the patient’s health or status. He was taken to M T Agarwal Hospital where he told the doctors his name, address and details of family members. He collapsed within a few minutes though. It looks like the hospital did not take any care to save his life,” said Archana.

“He was going to be discharged. He was admitted for post-Covid treatment. He was infected last month and had turned negative and was discharged from a hospital in Thane but because he had problems, he was admitted to Sunrise Hospital. When we heard news of the fire in the hospital, we rushed there but they had no information about where he had been taken. We first rushed to the Mulund jumbo Covid centre, then Fortis Hospital and then to M T Agarwal where they told us that my father was dead,” Archana says.

Govindlal was an employee with a public sector enterprise and had retired. “We had to take his body to Rajawadi Hospital on our own for an autopsy. ”tnn