Trouble broke out at Gandhi Hospital on Friday when angry senior doctors and medicos protested against the apparent inaction of the management to repair lifts that have been defunct for over a month.

The doctors from Telangana Government Doctors Association (TGDA) protested and raised slogans against the management for not taking up the repairs. "In all, there are nearly 18 lifts and only one lift was functioning for patients, doctors and visitors. On Friday, the one lift also was not working. On several occasions we complained to authorities to take up repairs but nobody has acted on the complaints," the protesting doctors said.

The senior doctors pointed out that patients, doctors and visitors were using one single lift.

"There was one single functioning lift during the swine flu outbreak. Doctors, health care workers, visitors and patients shared the same lift. It is time the authorities take immediate steps and repair the lifts," the TGDA members said.