MARGAO: Hospicio’s non-functioning lift and accumulated bio-medical waste came to haunt the authorities once again, with visitors to the hospital questioning the storage of the waste along the passage leading to the paediatric ward, even as the hospital lift broke down once again, stranding a staffer on Tuesday.

The presence of the bio-medical waste on the passage leading to the paediatric ward invited ire from a group of visitors, who demanded to know why the waste is not cleared from the hospital in a time-bound manner. “The waste is easily accessible to the children.