Overview

• On Sunday at around 1:30 pm an elevator at Shivaji Rao Critical Care Hospital in Beed plummeted from the first floor to the ground floor with Maratha leader Manoj Jarange Patil and about a dozen supporters onboard.
• A bystander on the ground floor forced open the elevator doors to evacuate all occupants safely and no injuries were reported.
• CCTV footage of the fall has gone viral on social media, intensifying scrutiny of the hospital’s safety measures.
• Hospital authorities have launched an internal probe to determine whether a technical fault or excess load caused the collapse.
• The incident has renewed concerns over maintenance standards and oversight of critical infrastructure in public hospitals.