''LPG leakage triggered panic among the relatives of the patients and the hospital staff,'' he said.

The medical superintendent of the hospital alerted about the incident to the BMC's disaster management team, following which fire brigade officials and technical experts from the HPCL rushed the site, the official said.

''As a part of the safety measure, the building was evacuated and the patients were moved to another building in the premises. All of them are stable, '' he said.

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