One killed, four injured as platform collapses during renovation work at ESIC Hospital in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Nov 24 (PTI) A 25-year-old supervisor was killed and four workers injured--two critically, after they fell as a platform structure collapsed during renovation work at the ESIC Hospital here on Monday, police said.

The incident occurred when the workers were engaged in removing a granite from the external wall of an existing building at the hospital premises and bringing it down to the suspended platform, which is like an "open lift", a police official said.

Five people were injured in the incident and were shifted to the hospital where one of them died undergoing treatment, a doctor told media persons.

The condition of two workers is critical while two others who sustained multiple fractures are stable, the doctor further said.

A case was registered at SR Nagar Police Station and further investigation was on.

The "open lift" is used for transporting material during construction or painting of buildings, police added. PTI VVK GDK VVK ADB