Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Woman Dies After Tree Collapses Outside SSKM Urology Department
A tree suddenly fell inside SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.
A woman named Rahima Bibi, also reported as Rahida Bibi, was sitting near the Urology Department.
She had come to help a relative who was being treated there.
Doctors took her to the trauma care unit, but she died.
Two other people were hurt and received treatment.
The reports say the accident happened on Monday, but they differ on whether it was in the morning or afternoon.
Relatives said the hospital should have checked the old tree.
Hospital sources said heavy rain weakened the tree and the ground.
Officials said an autopsy would be conducted and no formal complaint had been filed at the time of reporting.
A tree fell outside SSKM Hospital’s Urology Department in Kolkata, killing a woman and injuring two others.
The deceased was identified in reports as Rahima Bibi, 46, or Rahida Bibi, from Nalhati in Birbhum.
She had brought or accompanied her relative Aklima Bibi, who was receiving treatment at the hospital.
Zillar Rahman, 68, and Shish Mohammad Sheikh, 76, were injured and remained under treatment.
Relatives blamed the hospital for failing to inspect the old tree, while hospital sources cited rain-weakened soil and trunk.
- Who
- Rahima Bibi, also identified in one report as Rahida Bibi, died; Zillar Rahman and Shish Mohammad Sheikh were injured.
- What
- A tree collapsed outside the Urology Department’s outpatient department, killing one person and injuring two others.
- When
- Monday; reports differ on whether the collapse occurred in the morning or afternoon.
- Where
- Inside SSKM Hospital in Kolkata’s Bhowanipore area, outside the Urology Department.
- Why
- Hospital sources attributed the collapse to continuous rain weakening the tree trunk and soil, while relatives said the old tree should have been inspected.
Hospital Sources
Patients’ Relatives
Cause of the collapse
Hospital Sources
Hospital sources said continuous rain weakened the tree trunk and destabilized the soil, causing the tree to fall.
Patients’ Relatives
Relatives said the tree was old and that the hospital administration should have identified and inspected it earlier.
Preventing further danger
Hospital Sources
Hospital sources reported that no formal complaint had been filed at the time of the reports.
Patients’ Relatives
Relatives urged the administration to inspect other trees on the hospital premises.
- Deceased
- Rahima Bibi, 46, identified as Rahida Bibi in one report
- Origin
- Nalhati in Birbhum district
- Relative
- Aklima Bibi was receiving treatment in the Urology Department
- Injured
- Zillar Rahman, 68, and Shish Mohammad Sheikh, 76
- Location
- Outside the Urology Department’s outpatient department at SSKM Hospital
- Reported cause
- Continuous rain reportedly weakened the tree trunk and made the soil unstable
- Official action
- An autopsy was to be conducted; hospital sources said no formal complaint had been filed
