Rajiv Gandhi hospital in Chennai lacks basic fire safety measures

After the recent SUM hospital fire incident, hospitals should be taking the subject of fire safety more seriously, and ensure that it has the basic requirements at least. (Ashwin Prasath | EPS)

The lives of these patients and even the employees can be potentially at risk when there is a lack of basic safety measures. (Ashwin Prasath | EPS)

The patients go about their daily activities in this picture. (Ashwin Prasath | EPS)

Some areas look dilapidated even as there are beds available to accommodate several patients. (Ashwin Prasath | EPS)

For a hospital that big, there are very few fire extinguishers at Rajiv Gandhi Govt General Hospital. (Ashwin Prasath | EPS)

To make matters worse, the fire extinguisher at the Orthopedic Block in the hospital seems to have expired months ahead. (Ashwin Prasath | EPS)