Patients, families and budget hotels: How medical tourism fueled hotel boom in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar

After a deadly Malviya Nagar hotel fire, spot checks found many similar cramped budget hotels near Max Hospital, with poor ventilation, single exits and weak fire safety.A tragic fire claimed 21 lives in a New Delhi hotel, highlighting a widespread issue of cramped, poorly ventilated budget accommodations in the area. Many similar establishments, operating from multi-storey buildings in narrow lanes, were found to have single entry/exit points and limited safety measures. Read more