Taking note of the relay hunger strike by Vikhroli residents, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met the protesters on Thursday afternoon and then held a meeting with top BMC officials, instructing them to make temporary arrangements for medical treatments of the locals. He has also instructed the BMC to expedite the redevelopment of the hospital at Kannamwar Nagar and increase the number of beds to 500. 

mid-day had highlighted the lack of medical facilities in the eastern suburbs which led to the residents launching the hunger strike from September 12. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation shut down the Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Hospital in 2018 after the building was declared dilapidated. The civic body had planned to redevelop this hospital into a superspecialty one along with increasing the capacity to 310 from the earlier 100. However, 6 years on, the work has not started yet.