Pointing to the loopholes, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) had written to the hospital in December 2011 that the "perusal of the fire and life safety aspects in the hospital is alarming" and gave them 90 days time to correct themselves.
However, the hospital could not meet the deadline and has asked "some more time up to the end of May 2012" to complete the work of upgradation of fire fighting and fire alarm system at various locations of the hospital, Mumbai-based Ajay Marathe said from a reply from DFS he had received to his RTI query.
"The approach to the hospital has been found blocked, escape routes blocked/locked in all the high rise blocks, sprinkler system, smoke management system and public addressing system out of order and the basement found full of waste materials," according to the inspection of the Delhi Fire Services.
Fire extinguishers were found empty at some places, hose reel found defective/missing, Manually Operated Electrical Fire Alarm System in all blocks was out of order/removed, Compartmenting found removed/not provided, no trained manpower was available in the hospital and exit signs found removed at some places, the report read.