Layers of roof over an unused area in the state-run Osmania General Hospital here have collapsed, a hospital official said on February 4.

The incident occurred in the area belonging to the radiology department on February 1, he said. The location was utilised for storing non-functional medical equipment, he said. The government was considering constructing a new building, he added. Some junior doctors at the hospital had worked wearing helmets in September last to highlight the alleged dilapidated condition of the century-old building.