India, June 2 -- Two days after residents staged a protest outside the Intensive Critical Care Unit (ICCU) of Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Hospital in Vikhroli over its prolonged closure, shortage of doctors and inadequate healthcare facilities, Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on Sunday visited the hospital and assured residents that the civic body would resolve the issue at the earliest.

On Friday, residents gathered outside the hospital's ICCU wearing masks and demanding the immediate reopening of the 10-bed facility, which has remained shut since September last year due to air-conditioning duct work. Although the work was completed several months ago, residents alleged that the unit was never reopened, forcing critically ill patients to s...