Bengaluru rains: Seven dead as compound wall of Bowring Hospital collapses

The Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital in Srikakulam has received recognition from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said the hospital’s chief patron B. Bhaskara Rao on Thursday. The accreditation permits the hospital to offer training for surgeons from May 5 to 8, for “Care of the Critically III Surgical Patient,” to be held in the hospital premises.Dr. Bhaskara Rao said that the joint training programme of the Royal College and GEMS would enable surgeons to know about the latest technologies being used in operations, impact of artificial intelligence in the field of medicine and exchange of the knowledge among senior doctors of both the countries.He thanked Aditya Educational Society vice chairman P. Rahu Ram for playing a vital role in securing accreditation for the hospital. Dr. Bhaskara said that GEMS is the first hospital to attain such recognition among the hospitals in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana region. Published - May 07, 2026 08:55 pm IST

A file photo of Minister for Medical Education Sharanprakash R. Patil.

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Medical Education Minister Sharanprakash R. Patil on Thursday (April 30, 2026) ordered a safety audit of all government hospital buildings and compound walls coming under the Medical Education Department across the State. This follows the death of seven people after a compound wall collapse at the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, renamed as Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute. The Minister issued the directions after visiting the site of the incident, where a section of the compound wall collapsed on Wednesday (April 30, 2026) evening amid heavy rain. Published - April 30, 2026 05:22 pm IST

Police personnel clear the debris of the compound wall of Bowring Hospital that collapsed leaving 7 persons dead, following heavy rains in Bengaluru, on April 29, 2026.

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Seven people died after a compound wall of Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bengaluru reportedly collapsed, as heavy rains lashed the city on the evening of April 29, 2026.Shivajinagar MLA Rizwan Arshad told mediapersons that seven people have died while seven more are injured. Published - April 29, 2026 07:03 pm IST

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Bowring Hospital wall collapse: Minister orders safety audit of all medical education hospital buildings