The ESIC blaze may have been doused, but patients of the hospital referred to other medical care centres following the incident are still facing a trial by fire. Four days after the blaze, one of the patients has been asked to leave a hospital against his wish.

This comes a day after mid-day carried a front-page report about a patient injured in the fire being asked to pay up for his treatment, despite ESIC promising to take care of medical expenses. A total of 174 patients had been injured in the fire. Now, two of them are facing another kind of dilemma altogether. One of them is Vishnu Shitaram Shivgan,47, who suffers from polio. He was admitted to the Holy Spirit hospital for treatment. But now, ESIC, which is responsible for paying for his medical treatment, pressuring Vishnu's family to take an early discharge for him, against their wishes.