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Patients stranded in flooded hospitals, dead bodies waiting for burial in homes cut off by flood waters, women delivering babies without medical help... just some of the horrors visited upon Chennai.

NDTV reports that a number of patients and their relatives have been left stranded at Chennai's MIOT hospital (Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology ) in Porur after the doctors and nurses apparently fled to safety, abandoning them in the flooded hospital.

The city has been deluged since last evening after torrential rains, said to be the worst in nearly 100 years.

Vasundra, whose husband is a patient in the hospital, told NDTV that there is no food, water, or electricity in the hospital, which has been flooded since last night.

This morning, as the waters receded a little, the staff apparently left. "We cannot find anyone in the hospital... There is nobody to help us out or give us any aid or information," she said.

In absence of electricity, the cellphones of most people are out of battery, and they were cut off from the outside world as the televisions were not working. They have been "unable to even call for help through the helpline numbers which have been flashing on television," Vasundra said.  

It is not yet known how many of the hospital's 500 beds are full.

The Hindu reports that some hospitals on Tuesday allowed staff to leave early to get home safe, while at others, employees found it difficult to come in to work as their houses were flooded.


The Hindu reports that at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, some staff members were allowed to leave early as rain battered the city throughout the day.


However, emergency services were fully staffed, a senior official said. Some doctors at Global Hospitals too, left a little early, as did non-essential staff at Apollo Hospitals. At Government Kilpauk Medical College, which is waterlogged, motors are operating to pump water out, said dean Narayana Babu.


Emergency Toll Free Number: 1910, State Emergency: 1070, District Emergency: 1077, Electricity:1912, Fire & Rescue: 101, Ambulance: 108, Tree fall, waterlogging - 1913, Sewage overflow - 45674567, 22200335

Helpline Numbers: Tiruvottiyur : 09445190001, Manali: 09445190002; Madhavaram: 9445190003, Ambattur: 9445190007; Tondiarpet: 9445190004, Royapuram: 9445190005; Annanagar: 9445190008, Teynampet: 9445190009, Alandur: 9445190012, Adyar: 9445190013,Perungudi: 9445190014

Flood Control Room: 28593990, 044-28410577,9445869843/47


Pic: A patient being carried to safety.