After a carbon dioxide leak at an Andheri-based catering firm landed at least 35 employees in hospital yesterday, various lapses have emerged in the way the company handled the emergency. Not only was the outlet poorly ventilated, leaving no way for the gas to escape, but the distressed victims had to struggle through narrow corridors and a locked emergency door.

Even after they reached the hospital, they were allegedly made to share beds so that the firm could cut costs. mid-day had reported yesterday how several employees at the in-flight catering service took ill after carbon dioxide leaked from the kitchen and spread though the air-conditioning vents.