Two engineers suspended over lift breakdown at Chennai’s Stanley hospital
The Tamil Nadu Public Works Department (PWD) has suspended two engineers responsible for lift maintenance at the Stanley Medical College Hospital in Chennai. The action comes in the backdrop of a lift breakdown at the hospital.
According to a release from the PWD on Thursday, Health Minister Subramanian Ma, along with secretary P Senthil Kumar, North Chennai MP Kalanidhi Veeraswamy, Royapuram MLA Idream Murthy, had visited the hospital on November 29 to inaugurate a course in hand surgery and a few other events.
While minister Subramanian, MP Veerasamy, other officials and media personnel were in a lift, it stopped functioning. Nearly 10 minutes later, members from the PWD helped them to jump off the lift from the second floor.
