The Sunrise Hospital in Bhandup West where 10 COVID patients died after a blaze tore through the Dreams Mall on Friday was a temporary facility set up in the wake of the pandemic and its permission was just four days away from expiry.  As per documents accessed by mid-day, the hospital on the third floor of the shopping complex was on May 6, 2020 issued an interim Occupation Certificate till March 31, 2021, following the orders of the BMC chief.

“After this, a report regarding the amenities and various issues about the hospital was submitted to the commissioner for due assessment,” reads a letter dated October 16, 2020, from the building proposal, a copy of which is with mid-day.