A front-page report in this newspaper earlier this week exposed a shocking lapse in security at the Brihanmumbai-run Lokmanya Tilak Memorial General Hospital at Sion. A drunk man, who works at a vada-pav stall nearby, managed to walk into a ward unchallenged and drew blood from a patient using a syringe in his possession.

Providentially, the wife of the patient returned from the washroom at that time and suspected something was wrong. The drunk asked her for Rs 800 to test the 'sample' he had drawn. Not convinced, and smelling alcohol on him, the woman raised an alarm and helped catch the accused.