 As the gas shows its effects , a nearby hospital is filled with hundreds of patients reporting cyanide poisoning , and the lack of antidote results in most of the patients ' death . Dilip , in the last of his energy , throws away his Union Carbide identity badge , rests his son on the ground and succumbs to the toxic gas . The story jumps to the present day , where a blind boy is holding Dilip 's identity badge , and the film ends with Motwani narrating the words " Whatever may be the cause of the disaster , Carbide never left Bhopal " . A photo montage depicts the aftermath of the disaster , and pictures of the characters and their real @-@ life counterparts 
