The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of mid-day’s report on the dilapidated condition of six wards at civic-run KEM hospital. A structural audit, carried out in 2019 and a report submitted in 2021, had stated that six wards were in need of structural repairs.

But two years on, no steps have been taken even as patients and hospital staff continue to risk their lives. Taking note, MSHRC has asked the civic chief and the hospital dean to file an affidavit about the condition of these wards.