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 video recorded at the Sion hospital, bodies are seen wrapped in black plastic bags kept right next to Covid-19 patients undergoing treatment. It’s a medical emergency!” So the dean of Sion hospital accepts the video n says the relatives don’t come 2 claim the bodies so v hv kept them there. — nitesh rane May 7, 2020 Congress’ Milind Deora also tweeted, “Outraged to see corpses laid beside the sick at Sion Hospital.

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Viral Video: COVID-19 patients in China receive treatment on street outside hospital in Beijing
2 years ago

Viral Video: COVID-19 patients in China receive treatment on street outside hospital in Beijing

Firstpost  

The footage opens on a street in front of the hospital. Some senior citizens were also present among them China has been going through a turbulent situation after COVID cases in the country surged dramatically since December. A Twitter user named Jennifer Zeng dropped the clip on her personal Twitter handle, where a number of coronavirus patients can be spotted …

China: Bodies Pile Up In Hospital Morgues As Beijing Sees Wave Of Covid Deaths
2 years ago

China: Bodies Pile Up In Hospital Morgues As Beijing Sees Wave Of Covid Deaths

ABP News  

Beijing is currently facing an extraordinary wave of deaths as Covid-19 rips through the population, amid a widespread lack of data as mass, compulsory testing is abruptly halted across the country, RFA reported. As China moves away from the grueling lockdowns, mass tracking of citizens and daily testing that characterised Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy, a high-ranking official …

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 …

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 …

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 …

'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 …

Photograph of body lying next to patient goes viral, stirs up a controversy
4 years, 6 months ago

Photograph of body lying next to patient goes viral, stirs up a controversy

The Hindu  

The Health Department ordered a probe on Tuesday after a photograph of a packed body lying next to a patient in a COVID-19 ward at the Stanley Government Medical College Hospital went viral. After the photograph was widely circulated, Stanley Government Medical College Hospital dean P. Balaji ordered an enquiry by a team, led by T. Sivakumar, head of the …

'Sorry State Of Affairs': SC Issues Notice To Delhi,Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu & West Bengal Over COVID-19 Management
4 years, 6 months ago

'Sorry State Of Affairs': SC Issues Notice To Delhi,Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu & West Bengal Over COVID-19 Management

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Governments of NCT of Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu over management of COVID-19 situation.The bench observed that media reports "indicated a sorry state of affairs of care of Covid patients in Delhi and some other states".The Court directed that the Chief Secretaries of these states should take immediate …

Coronavirus patients made to share bed, stretchers in Sion hospital as cases increase
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus patients made to share bed, stretchers in Sion hospital as cases increase

Op India  

Weeks after horrific videos of dead bodies of coronavirus patients were seen lying unattended among patients under treatment at Sion hospital in Mumbai, shocking reports are emerging from the same hospital stating that the coronavirus patients and other emergency patients are now made to share beds due to a shortage in capacity, as per a report in The Guardian. According …

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 …

Coronavirus: Delhi govt issues revised guidelines to handle dead bodies
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: Delhi govt issues revised guidelines to handle dead bodies

Live Mint  

The Delhi government issued the revised standard operating procedure to hospitals required to handle dead bodies of covid-19 patients. According to the order issued on Sunday night, a dead body brought to a hospital will not be tested for covid-19. According to the health bulletin shared on Monday, the total number of deaths in Delhi was at160, while over 10,000 …

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 …

Another video shows bodies wrapped in plastic lying next to patients at Mumbai's KEM Hospital
4 years, 7 months ago

Another video shows bodies wrapped in plastic lying next to patients at Mumbai's KEM Hospital

India Today  

Days after a video of the Sion hospital in Mumbai showing bodies of coronavirus patients lying in a ward along with those undergoing treatment, a similar video has surfaced from the KEM Hospital, also in Mumbai. The latest video shows at least three bodies wrapped in blue polythene lying next to patients undergoing treatment. pic.twitter.com/E1VsmAveou — nitesh rane May 11, …

Sion hospital viral video left medical staff demoralised: Resident doctors speak on controversy
4 years, 7 months ago

Sion hospital viral video left medical staff demoralised: Resident doctors speak on controversy

India Today  

The recent controversy over a viral video showing patients lying next to bodies at a Mumbai hospital and the resultant transfer of the institution's dean has 'demoralised' medical staff while just showing one aspect of a ground reality that has left doctors overloaded. Last week, controversy erupted over conditions at the city's hospitals after a video uploaded on social media …

Dean of Sion hospital removed after video of death bodies with Coronavirus patients emerged
4 years, 7 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 …

WATCH: New videos from Mumbai hospitals show wards packed with living and dead, 2 patients in one bed
4 years, 8 months ago

WATCH: New videos from Mumbai hospitals show wards packed with living and dead, 2 patients in one bed

India Today  

The city of Mumbai has emerged as the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Mumbai. Stills from videos of Sion, KEM hospital shot by Sudhakar Nadar; first picture shows the dead body of a Covid-19 patient lying unattended on a stretcher in a corridor; second picture shows the dead body of a Covid-19 patient lying unattended on the floor …

Mumbai: Viral video shows bodies of coronavirus victims lying next to patients at Sion hospital
4 years, 8 months ago

Mumbai: Viral video shows bodies of coronavirus victims lying next to patients at Sion hospital

India Today  

A viral video of patients lying close to bodies wrapped in black polythene bags at a coronavirus ward of a Mumbai hospital has triggered outrage on social media. The viral video shows the pathetic conditions in which coronavirus patients and suspected cases are being kept at the coronavirus ward in Mumbai’s Lokmanya Tilak Hospital. @mybmc pic.twitter.com/NZmuiUMfSW — nitesh rane May …

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 …

Virus patients at one Israeli hospital are not dying alone
4 years, 8 months ago

Virus patients at one Israeli hospital are not dying alone

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Elisheva Stern wasn’t ready to say goodbye to her ailing father, who was succumbing to the coronavirus in an Israeli hospital. Stern’s father, Simha Benshai, 75, died at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center, which offers the next of kin of dying coronavirus patients the rare opportunity to say goodbye in person. Recognizing this peculiar tragedy wrought by the …

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: Aerial footage shows China rushing to build hospitals following deadly outbreak
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: Aerial footage shows China rushing to build hospitals following deadly outbreak

The Independent  

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