Pall of gloom descends on city hospital

Hyderabad: Pall of gloom descended on Ankura Hospital for Women and Children in AS Rao Nagar on Saturday. The six persons, who died after their car plunged into Nagarjunasagar Left Canal in Chakirala village of Suryapet district, were the staff of this hospital.

Shocked hospital administration cancelled Out-patient consultations on Saturday and Dr Krishna Prasad from the management also rushed to the accident spot.

Eleven staff members from this hospital went to Nadigudem in two SUVs to attend the marriage of one of their colleagues named V Mahesh.

While on return, one of the SUVs met with this tragic accident leading to the death of six persons identified as Abdul Aziz, Santosh, Pavan, Rajesh, Nagesh and Jensen.

Hospital receptionist Kalyani stated that the news came as an unexpected shock to the entire staff in the hospital.

As a team, we all used to meet every day at work and it's hard to imagine they are no more, she said.

Among the deceased, Abdul Aziz was the administrative head and he used to look after hospital affairs ensuring work goes on smoothly every day.