New Delhi: A hospital in Delhi has courted controversy on Sunday after a photograph showing havan being conducted inside its premises went viral on social media. The photograph, shared by Hindu resident editor Varghese K George shows four priests performing havan apparently at a hospital's lobby with wheelchairs at the entrance. "God save us. Inside the centrally air conditioned @ManipalHealth Hospital in Dwarka, accompanying a patient with breathing trouble," he tweeted. Responding to the tweet, the concerned hospital, Manipal Health Hospital, apologised.
The twitter post since then has got over 850,000 views, earned over 8,000 likes and has been retweeted more than times 2,000 times with many users criticising the hospital for allowing the havan while some accusing it of flouting the fire fighting norms. There were also speculations that the hospital had turned off their fire alarms for performing the havan. Raising the fire safety issue a user said the hospital's license should be cancelled. He posted, "Why haven't your fire alarms gone off and the sprinkler system activated? Have you shut down the mandatory firefighting system to carry out this ridiculous havan inside the premises? If so, you've put all your patients and staff at risk. Your license ought to be cancelled."