Three workers were rescued and hospitalized after losing consciousness in an underground sewage tank at the U.N. Mehta Hospital campus in Ahmedabad. The incident took place during maintenance work, which involved cleaning the tank and repairing an electric motor in the hospital’s drainage system.
One worker, Pravin Vaghela, fainted while cleaning the tank and fell into it. Two other workers, Sahil Nadiya and Rocky Macwan, also lost consciousness when they entered the tank to rescue Vaghela, likely due to inhaling toxic gases. The Ahmedabad Fire Control Room was alerted about the incident at 7.25 p.m.
Rescue teams from Shahpur and Naroda fire stations quickly responded to the emergency. Firefighters, led by Station Officers Bhavesh Rawat and Yuvrajdan Gadhvi, conducted a coordinated rescue operation and successfully brought all three workers out of the tank. The workers were then taken to the hospital for medical care.
Senior officials, including Ahmedabad Mayor Hitesh Barot, were present at the scene and briefed on the rescue operation. The condition of the workers remains unknown, and further investigations into the incident are expected to follow.
