Malfunctioning elevators at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run KB Bhabha Hospital in Bandra led to crowding in the corridors and long waiting times for patients to access health facilities on Thursday. A few days ago, Rohit Biradar’s 21-year-old brother fractured his leg. The elevators were working fine during his admission. “The malfunction started in the past two days,” Rohit said.

The hospital has a total of four elevators. One of them was shut for use until Friday, and the other had a problem with its door, which wouldn’t shut properly. “It would have been a problem if this issue occurred during admission. In the past two days, I didn’t use the elevators as much, but the one or two times that I did, it took up to 10 minutes for them to arrive,” he added.