India, May 30 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday pulled up the Maharashtra health department and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over reports of rainwater flooding the civic-run KEM Hospital in Parel, disrupting key medical services. The court directed authorities to take immediate steps to prevent such incidents, especially ahead of the monsoon season.

A division bench comprising Justice Gauri Godse and Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan was hearing a suo motu public interest litigation urgently mentioned by advocate Mohit Khanna, who cited newspaper reports highlighting the flooding at KEM Hospital.

"This is a hospital. There has to be hygiene. Management cannot allow this to happen inside hospital premises. This cannot beco...