Heroes of Cama: How staff saved patients

The Cama Hospital still sends chills down the spine as staff recall the night of November 26, 2008, when terrorists stormed the premises with the intention of carrying out a mass slaughter of admitted patients.

- Pranali Lotlikar MUMBAI

The entire hospital team - from watchmen to nurses and other support staff - became the heroes of that terrifying night when the hospital was under direct gunfire.

Dr Rajashree Katke, who was then the head of the gynaecology unit, said it was not the effort of a single person but the bravery of every staff member that saved countless lives. "When we realised that the hospital was under attack and that terrorists had entered the premises, our first priority was to protect the mothers and newborns," she recalled.