Plastic bag vests, pile-up of bodies: View at old morgue in Delhi
Hindustan TimesIn May, a massive storm hit the Capital, and the display board at the entrance of the Sabzi Mandi mortuary—Delhi’s oldest—broke off and fell onto the main road. A long history of neglect Set up in 1960, the Sabzi Mandi mortuary is attached to the Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital—a Delhi government hospital—conducts 15-20 post-mortem examinations a day, and has a capacity to store 30 bodies at a time. A senior doctor at the facility said that during a 2019 meeting held by the court-appointed committee, under the chairmanship of then chief secretary of Delhi, it was proposed that the Sabzi Mandi mortuary be attached to Lok Nayak Hospital, instead of the Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital. Medical Director, Lok Nayak Hospital will be the Administrative Head of Sabzi Mandi Mortuary.” However, the matter has not moved forward since, and Jhanjee confirmed that the matter is still pending in court. How staffers manage Officials posted at the mortuary said that since Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital stopped supplying them with plastic aprons, they are forced to use garbage bags.
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