Overview
- The contractual housekeeping worker, Jyoti Shivaji Ahire, was critically injured Monday when an equipment hoist inside Dr Vasantrao Pawar Medical College in Nashik suddenly descended.
- Staff and bystanders pulled her free and rushed her to the ICU, where she died late Monday night during treatment, according to the Free Press Journal.
- College officials said the device was a hoist trolley used to move sterilization drums rather than a passenger lift.
- A government electrical engineer reported no mechanical failure at the site, and officials said she had crossed a barrier into a restricted path.
- Adgaon Police opened an investigation into why the doorway was accessible and whether negligence played a role after CCTV of the incident spread widely online.