Mumbai's JJ Hospital flooded after heavy rain

MUMBAI: Rain water gushed inside the main building of JJ Hospital, Byculla around 5.30pm inundating the ground floor of the 175-year-old institute. Videos showed that the statute of its main donor Sir Jamshetjee Jejeebhoy too was partly submerged.
Dr TP Lahane, head, Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) said that the institute had probably witnessed flooding for the first time in its history.He said that the water managed to enter the CT scan and MRI room despite them being on an elevation. “The machines have been shut down for now. The area is inaccessible,” he said.

Six ultrasound machines were removed from the ground floor as water had entered that section, Lahane said. The hospital’s casualty, which is also on the ground floor, however remained unaffected. Lahane said that patients didn't have to be moved from there. The remaining wards are on the upper floors.
Dean Dr Ranjit Mankeshwar said that the water started entering the ground floor after the wind picked up pace in the evening. “The BMC officials pumped out water. Electricity was not a problem,” he said, adding that the patient services were not affected. However, the dean’s office, the medical superintendent’s office and other administrative offices were all flooded.