India, May 27 -- Monday's intense rainfall brought parts of Mumbai to a standstill, with one of the worst-hit institutions being the civic-run KEM Hospital in Parel. Several critical hospital services were disrupted as rainwater entered multiple wards and diagnostic units on the ground floor, including the MRI, X-ray, and sonography departments.

Hospital staff and patients grappled with severe inconvenience as water seeped into key medical areas, including the medicine ward, where several beds were reported to have water collecting underneath. Pools of standing water were also observed in corridors and treatment zones, further complicating routine operations.

Pumps were deployed to drain the water, but sources said the process was hampe...