India, April 24 -- After eight months of renovation, three out of six wards at the civic-run KEM hospital in Parel are set to reopen in May, said a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official.

Following a structural audit in 2019 highlighting the need for repair work the six wards underwent renovation. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the work was delayed, and the administration faced difficulty finding a space to shift these wards.

Dr Sudhakar Shinde, additional municipal commissioner, BMC, said, "The work on the three wards is almost complete, and we should be able to restart them by May. It will take another two months to finish the repair work on the remaining three wards."

Currently, patients are being transferred to Sew...