The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of St. Georges Hospital has been shut for several days, after the theft of the compressor unit of the air conditioner late last month. While the hospital administration said that the perpetrator was caught within a few days and the ICU would reopen today, its staff said that the ICU was closed for two weeks and would be reopened in two to three days. Staff also said patients were either transferred to another ward or turned away.

One of the nurses said that after the theft of the compressor unit, while the ICU was closed, the MICU (Medical ICU) is still functional. "There are six beds in the ICU and four beds in the MICU. Patients who were in the ICU were either transferred to another ward or asked to go to JJ or Bombay Hospital," said the nurse. She added that the hospital administration was delaying the repairs — the unit was damaged during the theft — as many of the staff have been put on election duties.