Thirteen People Rescued From Overloaded Una Hospital Lift After Eight Hour Operation

UNA: In a highly tense and physically exhausting rescue operation spanning over eight hours, emergency teams successfully extracted thirteen people, including hospital patients and their attendants, who became trapped inside a malfunctioning elevator at a prominent private medical facility in Una.

The emergency unfolded late yesterday afternoon when thirteen individuals boarded the elevator. According to early technical assessments, the mechanical breakdown was primarily triggered because the elevator cabin was significantly overloaded beyond its safe carrying capacity. The mechanical strain caused the lift to jam abruptly between two floors, completely locking the doors and trapping the occupants inside the cramped, unventilated shaft.

As panic began to set in among the trapped passengers, hospital authorities immediately sounded the alarm, alerting local emergency response teams. A massive coordinated effort was quickly launched, drawing in personnel from the local state police, the regional Fire Department, and an expert technical emergency team dispatched directly by the elevator manufacturing company.

The rescue proved to be highly complex and tedious due to the awkward position where the lift had jammed. Rescuers had to proceed with extreme caution to maintain structural stability and prevent the elevator from dropping down the shaft. Throughout the agonizing eight-hour ordeal, rescue teams pumped supplemental oxygen into the elevator shaft and maintained continuous verbal contact to keep the occupants calm. Food packets, water bottles, and essential medicines were also carefully passed through a narrow mechanical gap.

By midnight, the technical team successfully managed to manually override the locking mechanism and align the cabin safely with a floor entry point. All thirteen individuals were evacuated sequentially. Medical teams immediately evaluated the rescued individuals for severe dehydration and anxiety, reporting that all passengers survived the terrifying ordeal without any physical injuries.