India, Dec. 5 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is facing fresh outrage after two staffers suffered heart attacks inside its main building on Monday, one of whom died at a private hospital four hours later. In both cases, the civic ambulance stationed at the premises had no doctor on board apart from being ill-equipped to deal with a cardiac emergency.

At around 11.30 am, Ashok Walke, 58, a constable with the road department, collapsed after a heart attack. Municipal doctors administered basic treatment before shifting him to a private hospital, where he died four hours later. At 3.30 pm, Chhaya Suryavanshi from the accounts department also suffered a cardiac episode. She was rushed to a hospital and is fortunately stable now.

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