India, May 4 -- At least three patients were killed and two others injured on Saturday after the third-floor balcony of the medicine ward collapsed at Jamshedpur's Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) in Jharkhand, police said.

At least 15 patients were in the medicine ward when the third-floor balcony caved in, bringing down the second-floor ceiling and corridor, east Singhbhum deputy commissioner (DC) Ananya Mittal said.

A 30-member team from national disaster response force (NDRF) started the rescue operation around 11 pm on Saturday night. "It took over 10 hours for the NDRF and fire brigade to extract out the dead bodies" an officer said.

Eighty-three- year-old Renuka Devi was admitted to MGMMCH along with...