West Bengal: Coronavirus patient cremated without informing family
4 years, 7 months ago

West Bengal: Coronavirus patient cremated without informing family

Op India  

The hospital staff of MR Bangur hospital in West Bengal had cremated the body of a 70-year-old Coronavirus patient without bothering to inform the family about his death or last rites, the family members have claimed. Family accuses hospital of ‘indifference’ When the family contacted the hospital to learn about his health condition on May 5, they denied having any information about the patient. Arjit added, “Even the health department had no knowledge about my father’s case when we called them.” Reportedly, the family was kept isolated at a quarantine Centre by the State Government when Harinath was being treated at the MR Bangur Hospital after testing positive for Coronavirus. The hospital superintendent informed that after family is briefed about the death of a Coronavirus patient, a report is sent to the Health Department and last rites are performed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

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Bengal govt asks hospitals to ensure ‘dignified’ conveyance of deceased
1 year, 7 months ago

Bengal govt asks hospitals to ensure ‘dignified’ conveyance of deceased

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal government on Tuesday directed all medical colleges and hospitals in the state to ensure the next of kin of the deceased are not compelled to carry the dead bodies in an improper and undignified manner. A government circular pointed out instances where relatives are forced to carry the dead bodies of their near ones themselves owing to …

First-of-its-kind Autopsy on Bengal Covid Victim Finds Virus Hit Lungs and Kidney
3 years, 6 months ago

First-of-its-kind Autopsy on Bengal Covid Victim Finds Virus Hit Lungs and Kidney

News 18  

A first-of-its-kind autopsy on the body of a Covid-19 victim revealed the virus had hit the deceased’s lungs and kidney. The report, submitted to the health department on Tuesday, was prepared by three doctors – forensic medicine head Somnath Das, pathology head Tushar Kanti Das and microbiology professor Manas Bandyopadhyay. The autopsy found the Covid-19 virus had hit the lining …

Decomposed body found in Chennai hospital weeks after Covid-19 patient went 'missing'
3 years, 6 months ago

Decomposed body found in Chennai hospital weeks after Covid-19 patient went 'missing'

India Today  

Weeks after she went "missing" from the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital in Chennai, a 41-year-old Covid-19 patient was found dead in a decomposed state on the eighth floor of the building on Tuesday. Sunitha, 41, was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital on May 22 after having breathing difficulty. READ | Hospital staff asks relatives to look for kin among …

Volunteers lead Covid-19 fight in Bengaluru while braving personal losses
3 years, 7 months ago

Volunteers lead Covid-19 fight in Bengaluru while braving personal losses

Hindustan Times  

At a time when Bengaluru, like rest of the country, is battling the surging second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, volunteers from across the city have come forward to help residents while braving personal losses. “I have been helping to give decent burial to several victims of Covid-19, but when it came to my uncle, there was no one to help …

US: Dead bodies of 750 Covid patients remain unattended for over a year
3 years, 7 months ago

US: Dead bodies of 750 Covid patients remain unattended for over a year

Op India  

While the US liberals have been cashing on the second wave of Coronavirus outbreak in India to tarnish the global image of the country, the United States has still not been able to dispose of the bodies of Covid-19 patients, who died last year. On Friday, the New York Post reported that the dead bodies of 750 Coronavirus patients are …

Unseen warriors of COVID: No rest for gravediggers in Bengaluru as crematoriums run out of space
3 years, 7 months ago

Unseen warriors of COVID: No rest for gravediggers in Bengaluru as crematoriums run out of space

Firstpost  

At the city’s Chamrajpet crematorium, authorities had to put up a ‘housefull’ sign and families were told to wait with bodies in ambulances to avoid overcrowding Editor’s note: As the second wave of coronavirus infections ravages parts of India, millions of front-line workers and citizens are caught up in the middle, providing their services to distressed families on one hand …

Andhra: YSRCP MLA from Tirupati performs last rites of 21 Covid victims deserted by families
3 years, 8 months ago

Andhra: YSRCP MLA from Tirupati performs last rites of 21 Covid victims deserted by families

India Today  

At a time when stigma prevails over the last rites of victims of the novel coronavirus, a Tirupati MLA in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district performed the last rites of Covid-19 patients whose bodies were either left unclaimed or abandoned by families. Bhumana Karunakar Reddy visited the Sri Venkateswara Ramnarain Ruia Government General Hospital mortuary where 21 bodies of Covid-19 patients …

Mumbai gravedigger works 24-hour shifts as India's Covid-19 death toll soars
3 years, 8 months ago

Mumbai gravedigger works 24-hour shifts as India's Covid-19 death toll soars

India Today  

Two or three months into the COVID-19 crisis, Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin stopped wearing personal protective equipment and gloves. India is in the midst of a second wave of coronavirus infections that has seen at least 300,000 people test positive each day for the past week, and its total cases rise past 18 million. In Delhi, ambulances have been …

Coronavirus | Across India, a desperate hunt for COVID-19 care
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Across India, a desperate hunt for COVID-19 care

The Hindu  

As COVID-19 positive cases keep rising steeply across the country, in many States, patients and their relatives are put through the wringer literally, as they hunt for oxygen, beds, ventilators and ICUs. The district administration has designated 90 registered private hospitals in Patna for treatment of COVID-19 patients but most of them were forced to turn away patients by Tuesday, …

Scores of COVID-19 Deaths in Bengaluru Missing From State Count
3 years, 8 months ago

Scores of COVID-19 Deaths in Bengaluru Missing From State Count

The Quint  

The difference is around 333 deaths for five days. SRF or Specimen Referral Form is given when the samples of a patient are sent for COVID-19 testing — the results may not have come when the body was cremated. This is why we decided to check SRF numbers, or the number of people who were cremated with their COVID-19 status …

'Bodies cannot be left lying for hours': Bombay HC asks Maharashtra govt, BMC for info on condition of crematoriums
3 years, 8 months ago

'Bodies cannot be left lying for hours': Bombay HC asks Maharashtra govt, BMC for info on condition of crematoriums

Firstpost  

Referring to reports of relatives of COVID-19 victims being forced to queue outside crematoriums, the high court said that a body should not be released from a hospital if there is a waiting period at a crematorium Mumbai: The bodies of COVID-19 patients cannot be kept lying for hours waiting to be cremated, the Bombay High Court said on Tuesday …

MP Govt Hospital Declared Covid Patient Dead Twice Before He Actually Died, Family Claims
3 years, 8 months ago

MP Govt Hospital Declared Covid Patient Dead Twice Before He Actually Died, Family Claims

News 18  

A 58-year-old coronavirus patient was declared dead twice in a day before he actually died at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, his family claimed on Saturday. Goralal Kori, a railway employee and resident of Sultania village, was admitted to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Hospital here on April 12 after he developed coronavirus-like symptoms, his son …

Delhi Scrambles to Control Coronavirus Crisis, Crematoriums & Burial Grounds Reel Under Pressure
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi Scrambles to Control Coronavirus Crisis, Crematoriums & Burial Grounds Reel Under Pressure

News 18  

While the government is scrambling to control Covid-19 infections in the national capital, crematoriums and burial grounds of the city are reeling under constant pressure. The number of dead bodies being brought to burial grounds has gone up nearly four times since January and February, workers say they have never been this busy. In the last three days, there has …

Covid-19: Bodies pile up at India crematoriums overwhelmed by virus surge
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Bodies pile up at India crematoriums overwhelmed by virus surge

Live Mint  

India’s crematoriums and burial grounds are working overtime to cope with the surging number of deaths from the country’s escalating coronavirus outbreak. Even after the crematorium doubled capacity when India’s first virus wave struck last year and started operating 24 hours a day, families still need to wait at least two to three hours to cremate the bodies of their …

Frontliners, last responders overrun in raging Covid surge
3 years, 8 months ago

Frontliners, last responders overrun in raging Covid surge

India Today  

A grim sense of déj vu from last year's virus lockdown prevails over India as Covid-19's ferocious surge overwhelms the front-liners and the last responders across the country. CRIPPLING SHORTAGES OF BEDS, ICUs Like last year, the current spike left the country's health infrastructure overstretched, an India Today reality-check found. BEDS IN MUMBAI HOSPITAL LOBBY A video from Mumbai's Lilavati …

Mumbai: Body of missing Coronavirus patient recovered from hospital toilet
4 years, 2 months ago

Mumbai: Body of missing Coronavirus patient recovered from hospital toilet

Op India  

In a shocking incident, the corpse of a 27-year-old Coronavirus patient was recovered from the toilet at TB hospital in Sewri, Mumbai. Patient died of natural causes, claims post-mortem Following the complaint of smell, a ward boy found on 18th October that a locked cubicle in the toilet was stinking badly. Coronavirus positive woman found dead inside the toilet Earlier, …

'Dignified Procedure of Death': Calcutta HC Allows Kin of Covid-19 Victims to Perform Last Rites
4 years, 3 months ago

'Dignified Procedure of Death': Calcutta HC Allows Kin of Covid-19 Victims to Perform Last Rites

News 18  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that the body of a COVID-19 patient will be handed over to the family for cremation after completion of hospital formalities, provided post mortem of the dead body is not required. “We are inclined to interpret the phrase ‘dignified procedure of death’ in an expansive manner so as to included ignified disposal of …

Relatives Cremate Wrong Person as Bodies of 2 Covid-19 Casualties Get Swapped at Varanasi's BHU Hospital
4 years, 4 months ago

Relatives Cremate Wrong Person as Bodies of 2 Covid-19 Casualties Get Swapped at Varanasi's BHU Hospital

News 18  

In a case of negligence, the bodies of two Covid-19 casualties were swapped at the Sir Sunderlal Hospital in Varanasi. However, his family cremated another person's body, and it was later found out that the death certificate of Dr Bahadur was mistakenly placed with another person's body. The matter came to light after Dr Bahadur's relatives reached Harish Chandra Ghat, …

Karnataka Govt Allows Family Members To View Dead Body Of Covid-19 Infected Person Before Being Disposed Off Following All Safety Measures
4 years, 5 months ago

Karnataka Govt Allows Family Members To View Dead Body Of Covid-19 Infected Person Before Being Disposed Off Following All Safety Measures

Live Law  

After being prodded by the Karnataka High Court, the State government on Thursday submitted a revised guidelines for dead body management, allowing family members of the deceased person who were infected with COVID-19, to view the dead body at the time of removal from isolation rooms and in the mortuary. In its written submissions the state government also informed the …

'Dignity Of The Dead Must Be Respected': Karnataka HC Directs Govt, BBMP To Frame New Guidelines For Burial Of COVID-19 Patients
4 years, 5 months ago

'Dignity Of The Dead Must Be Respected': Karnataka HC Directs Govt, BBMP To Frame New Guidelines For Burial Of COVID-19 Patients

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to relook at the guidelines/protocol issued by them for disposing of dead bodies of persons tested positive for COVID-19. The court, referring to the BBMP protocol which says that BBMP officials will transfer the dead body to the crematorium or burial ground, the bench said …

It was like humanity died: Turned away by 18 hospitals, Bengaluru man dies with coronavirus symptoms
4 years, 6 months ago

It was like humanity died: Turned away by 18 hospitals, Bengaluru man dies with coronavirus symptoms

India Today  

A man in his early 50s, suffering from coronavirus symptoms, allegedly died due to the lack of hospital beds and ICUs in the Bengaluru. The patient visited 18 hospitals in the city but had to return home after none would admit him due to a shortage of beds. Even private hospitals such as Apollo, Fortis, Manipal and many others were …

Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy anguished over inhuman treatment of Covid victim’s body
4 years, 6 months ago

Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy anguished over inhuman treatment of Covid victim’s body

Live Mint  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday expressed his anguish over the inhuman act of transporting of the mortal remains of a COVID-19 victim using a JCB excavator. The chief minister took to Twitter to voice his anguish and ordered immediate suspension of the officials concerned of Palasa town in Srikakulam district. "Shocked to hear the …

Five coronavirus patients die in Bangladesh hospital fire
4 years, 7 months ago

Five coronavirus patients die in Bangladesh hospital fire

Deccan Chronicle  

Dhaka: Five coronavirus patients died in a hospital fire in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Wednesday, a fire service official said. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, said Zillur Rahman, a fire service director. Five bodies were recovered from the makeshift isolation unit of the United Hospital treating COVID-19 patients, Rahman said. At least 25 people were …

4 furnaces down, this Delhi crematorium sends bodies back to hospital
4 years, 7 months ago

4 furnaces down, this Delhi crematorium sends bodies back to hospital

Hindustan Times  

Inside the Covid-19 mortuary of the Lok Nayak Hospital, there are 108 bodies. Last week, there were 34.” At the Nigambodh Ghat electric crematorium, three of the six CNG furnaces were working until Monday; one of them developed a snag the same night. On Tuesday, even after working extra hours, we only accepted 15 bodies,” an official at the crematorium …

Dean of Sion hospital removed after video of death bodies with Coronavirus patients emerged
4 years, 8 months ago

Dean of Sion hospital removed after video of death bodies with Coronavirus patients emerged

Op India  

Days after a shocking video showing coronavirus patients surrounded by dead bodies at the LTMG Sion Hospital, the dean of the hospital Pramod Ingle has removed from his post. Shocking video of dead bodies around coronavirus patients Maharashtra BJP legislator Nitesh N. Rane on Wednesday had posted a video purportedly showing coronavirus patients sleeping among the dead in a Mumbai …

Corpses left lying near coronavirus patients under treatment, Sion hospital under probe
4 years, 8 months ago

Corpses left lying near coronavirus patients under treatment, Sion hospital under probe

Op India  

A shocking incident of a Mumbai hospital related to mismanagement of dead bodies of Wuhan coronavirus deceased patients has come into notice of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. #Breaking | Sion Hospital Horror: BMC orders probe after a video surfaces on social media in which patients have been kept with dead bodies. pic.twitter.com/Qd0rgrhG3l — TIMES NOW May 7, 2020 In a viral …

The Covid martyrs in Kolkata's hospitals
4 years, 8 months ago

The Covid martyrs in Kolkata's hospitals

India Today  

In less than 48 hours, COVID-19 had taken two victims from among Bengal’s frontline health warriors-- additional director of health service, Dr Biplab Kanti Dasgupta, and renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr Sisirkumar Mandal. West Bengal’s leading healthcare institutions--including Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, NRS Medical College and Hospital, R.G. Government doctors can’t even entertain such thoughts, but I know of at …

Coronavirus patient dies after wrongly tested negative by Kolkata hospital
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus patient dies after wrongly tested negative by Kolkata hospital

Op India  

A shocking case from West Bengal’s Kolkata has surfaced which highlights the pathetic situation West Bengal is currently in and the government’s complete incompetence in handling the Coronavirus pandemic. A 68-year-old Coronavirus patient who recently died in Kolkata, West Bengal, was discharged from MR Bangur Hospitals in Tollygunge in West Bengal, saying he had tested negative. We then got a …

Delhi: 'I was kept next to bodies at LNJP Hospital, claims coronavirus patient
4 years, 8 months ago

Delhi: 'I was kept next to bodies at LNJP Hospital, claims coronavirus patient

India TV News  

A video has surfaced on social media in which a coronavirus patient has alleged that he was kept on a bed "next to dead bodies" at a hospital in Delhi, a charge refuted by authorities at the facility. In the video, he alleges that he was kept on a bed in a ward that had "dead bodies next to his …

Coronavirus: Letter claiming 'dead body management' crisis in Kolkata hospital triggers panic
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Letter claiming 'dead body management' crisis in Kolkata hospital triggers panic

Op India  

Kailash Vijayvargiya, national general secretary of the BJP, released a note on Monday, which was allegedly sent by the Superintendent of MR Bangur Hospital in Tollygunge, Kolkata to the officer-in-charge of Jadavpur Police Station, where it is claimed that there is a “huge number” of dead bodies in the mortuary of the hospital. “Dead body management is compromised”@MamataOfficial ji is …

Dead bodies remain unattended in Cooper hospital for over 20 hours
4 years, 8 months ago

Dead bodies remain unattended in Cooper hospital for over 20 hours

Op India  

As the menace of coronavirus outbreak threatens to overwhelm the public health system in the country, overburdening the healthcare workers, a shocking case of gross dereliction of medical duty has come to the fore from the Cooper Hospital in Mumbai where at least 5 patients were left to fend for themselves for about 22 hours. The Cooper Hospital Dean Dr …

Wife Pleads Decent Burial for Chennai Doc Who Died of COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

Wife Pleads Decent Burial for Chennai Doc Who Died of COVID-19

The Quint  

At around 9pm on 19 April, his family and fellow doctors, accompanied by officials from Chennai's municipal corporation, were on their way to a burial ground when they were diverted to a second place. Later, Dr Pradeep, a friend and a colleague, along with the help of two ward boys and a policeman, dug the hole and laid him to …

Tamil Nadu youth dies of fever after testing negative for coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu youth dies of fever after testing negative for coronavirus

Deccan Chronicle  

Erode: The death of a 20-year-old man at the Erode Government Headquarters Hospital sparked off protests from villagers in front of the hospital as they said the man may have died of coronavirus, police said on Monday. The man belonging to Nambiyur village near Gobichettipalayam was admitted to the isolation ward with high fever some days ago and died on …

Burial or cremation: What is a safer funeral if someone dies of Covid-19?
4 years, 8 months ago

Burial or cremation: What is a safer funeral if someone dies of Covid-19?

India Today  

When a person dies, his/her body has to be disposed of and under normal circumstances, religion takes over in these matters with an elaborately laid out rituals. In many cases, bodies of Covid-19 patients were cremated immediately after the death and even in the absence of family members without giving any consideration of the religious belief of the coronavirus victim. …

West Bengal: Controversy over Covid-19 toll, CPM claims 30 deaths, govt says 7
4 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal: Controversy over Covid-19 toll, CPM claims 30 deaths, govt says 7

Hindustan Times  

The opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist alleged on Wednesday that 30 people who tested positive for Covid-19 had died West Bengal though the state government said the death toll was only seven. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday issued a strong warning to those ‘spreading misinformation’ about the number of deaths. On Tuesday evening, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya …

When families refuse to lit pyre of COVID-19 patients in Punjab
4 years, 9 months ago

When families refuse to lit pyre of COVID-19 patients in Punjab

India TV News  

In Punjab as family members have been staying away to perform the last rites of suspected or confirmed coronavirus disease, it is government functionaries who have been coming forth and doing rituals religiously. In a third incident in Amritsar district last week, people did not allow a place in their village for cremating Padma Shri Nirmal Singh Khalsa, former Hazoori …

Tami Nadu: Coronavirus patient buried negligently, 100 quarantined
4 years, 9 months ago

Tami Nadu: Coronavirus patient buried negligently, 100 quarantined

Op India  

On April 4, the Stanley Hospital in Tamil Nadu came under the scanner after the swab test result of a 70-year-old man who died on April 2 was found positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus. As per a report in the New Indian Express, the family members said that the authorities kept them uninformed about the likelihood of the patient dying …

Coronavirus death count in Bengal rises to 6
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus death count in Bengal rises to 6

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: Two persons infected with coronavirus have died in West Bengal, taking the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the state to six, a health department official said on Wednesday. A 57-year-old man, who was admitted to a private hospital in Golabari area of Howrah district two days ago, died on Tuesday night, he said. "We are trying to find …

Maharashtra: Circular to cremate bodies of Coronavirus patients withdrawn
4 years, 9 months ago

Maharashtra: Circular to cremate bodies of Coronavirus patients withdrawn

Op India  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner Praveen Pardeshi today issued a directive mandating cremation of dead bodies of Coronavirus patients regardless of their religion as one of the containment measures to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus in Mumbai. The notice also added that if someone is insistent on burying the dead body of a COVID-19 patient, he will be …

COVID-19 victim cremated after initial refusal
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 victim cremated after initial refusal

The Hindu  

The body of a 68-year-old woman from Delhi, who succumbed to COVID-19, was cremated at Nigambhod Ghat on Saturday after initially being denied permission by the crematorium, said her family. “There was some confusion initially and the body was later cremated at the CNG crematorium,” said Ashok Rawat, a North Delhi Municipal Corporation health officer. ‘Safety gears’ Mr. Rawat said …

China virus funeral order fuels upset as death toll rises
4 years, 11 months ago

China virus funeral order fuels upset as death toll rises

Al Jazeera  

Experts say order that all victims be cremated quickly without a funeral is unnecessary and adds to families’ grief. According to the NHC cremation order: “If family members of an nCoV-2019 patient refuse to show up for the procedure or refuse to comply, and medical institutions, cremation parlors have failed to persuade them to do so, then the body can …

China wary of cremating coronavirus victims, orders funerals must be low-profile
4 years, 11 months ago

China wary of cremating coronavirus victims, orders funerals must be low-profile

India TV News  

Amid the rising death toll due to the deadly Coronavirus, China on Saturday ordered that funerals of victims succumbing to coronavirus must be low-key in nature, according to a statement by the country's National Health Commission, as reported by multiple news organisations. The bodies should be cremated at designated funeral homes near their location, they cannot be transported between regions …

Coronavirus wrap: India reports second patient; China death toll over 300
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus wrap: India reports second patient; China death toll over 300

Business Standard  

Over 300 Bangladeshis on Saturday returned home from Chinese city Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, on a special aircraft and were quarantined in a facility under military and police vigil, officials said. State-run Biman Airlines' Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft carrying 312 Bangladeshis, including 12 children and three infants, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here in afternoon, Biman …

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