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Elderly man among two killed in hospital porch collapse

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Press Trust of India Nagpur
Last Updated : Dec 12 2019 | 8:11 PM IST

An elderly man and a 36-year-old woman were killed after the porch of a building inside the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here fell on them on Thursday evening, officials said.

The incident occurred around 5.15 pm at the dermatology department of the hospital, they said.

According to police, the victims- Devnath Bagde (66), who was undergoing treatment at the hospital and Vanita Waghmare, who had come to meet a patient- got buried under the debris after the porch collapse, police said.

Talking to PTI, medical superintendent of GMCH, Dr Avinash Gawande, said, "Bagde had been undergoing treatment in the hospital since November 4, while Waghmare was a relative of one of the patients."

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First Published: Dec 12 2019 | 8:11 PM IST

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