Female patient dies in elevator accident in private hospital

• The patient was being shifted through elevator on a stretcher.
• Suddenly,  the lift broke down which claimed life of woman.
• The woman has been identified as Samia.

KARACHI: A female patient died in an unfortunate elevator accident that occurred in a private-sector hospital in Karachi on Wednesday.

According to the details, the woman was undergoing treatment in the hospital after giving birth to a baby girl this morning. The patient was being shifted through elevator on a stretcher, during which she met a fatal accident due to a fall of the lift.

According to rescue sources, the woman has been identified as Samia and dead body shifted to  Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH).

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The sources further said the woman was being taken on a stretcher through the elevator when suddenly the lift broke down and while trying to pull the stretcher back, the patient also fell inside the lift.