As the city prepared to conduct drills assessing the readiness of emergency response agencies, mid-day discovered a concerning shortfall in the eastern suburbs. The civic-run Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital, also known as Shatabdi Hospital, currently has no functioning intensive care unit (ICU). The 10-bed ICU has been shut down due to a shortage of doctors.

Shatabdi Hospital is located in the far eastern part of the suburbs at Govandi, an area surrounded by a densely populated slum. Sources from the hospital revealed that the ICU was shut down in February due to a lack of doctors.