With the lack of timely information exchange between UCIL and Bhopal authorities, the city's Hamidia Hospital was first told that the gas leak was suspected to be ammonia, then phosgene.
Dengan kurangnya pertukaran informasi yang tepat waktu antara UCIL dan otoritas Bhopal, Rumah Sakit Hamidia di kota tersebut pertama kali diberitahu bahwa kebocoran gas diduga akibat amonia, kemudian akibat fosgen.