India, June 17 -- Refuting media reports of waterlogging on its premises on May 26, the KEM Hospital filed an affidavit with the Bombay High Court on Monday claiming that patient care remained unaffected. Raising concerns over media reports of rainwater flooding the hospital, the division bench of justices Gauri Godse and Somasekhar Sundaresan was hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) earlier this week. The PIL cited newspaper reports highlighting the flooding at KEM Hospital.

On May 27, HT's report highlighted inconveniences faced by hospital staffers and patients as ankle-length water had entered and accumulated in the wards. Several patients and their relatives who travelled from distant places had said their items were ...