Sunil Das, 31, who lost his wife and newborn daughter last month, still can't fathom how it all happened. Even as he tries to deal with the loss, getting to know that Habib Hospital (where his wife gave birth to the child) has been functioning without a mandatory registration certificate, has made it all the more difficult for him. The BMC had issued a letter to the hospital on July 6, 2018 asking them to 'discontinue all activities'.

Das rushed his wife Nilima to the Kurla hospital on October 25 and she went into labour the next day. He said the doctor didn't arrive until 8:45 am. "After she delivered the baby around 8:50 am, Dr Shifa Khan told me that she was having fits. From that point onwards, her condition kept deteriorating," said Das. Post delivery, doctors removed her uterus to stop the bleeding, but she died on October 28.