The household was knowledgeable by Gandhi Hospital that the person had died on Wednesday. (Representational)
Hyderabad:
The physique of a person, that had gone lacking from Hyderabad’s solely government-run hospital designated for COVID-19 therapy earlier this week was buried by a distinct household who believed it to be of their relative, his household has alleged.
According to the household, the person was admitted to a personal hospital in Hyderabad with breathlessness on Sunday.
The hospital requested for Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh a day to place him on a ventilator and although the household couldn’t afford it, they agreed, his father mentioned.
On Tuesday, they had been advised that the affected person wanted to be shifted to the state-run Gandhi Hospital.
“My son had not tested coronavirus positive so we did not understand why he had to be shifted to the COVID-19 exclusive facility,” the daddy mentioned.
On Wednesday, the household was knowledgeable by Gandhi Hospital that the person had died. But when members of the family went to the hospital to determine the physique, they might not discover it.
“They showed me at least 13 bodies but none of that was my brother,” the affected person’s brother mentioned.
In a determined enchantment for assist, the household posted a video on-line asking for the authorities to find the physique. “We would like to at least give [him] a ritual farewell. So please help us him,” the household is heard pleading within the video that has been extensively shared.
Now, the household say they’ve been knowledgeable that one other household had buried the physique.
“During the investigation, the local police have informed us that [his] body has already been buried by another family on June 10. Another person who died in Gandhi Hospital due to COVID-19, his family got confused and took his body to a graveyard and performed the final rituals,” the brother mentioned.
The incident is the second case of such a mix-up on the Gandhi Hospital this week. Three days in the past, whereas performing the final rites of a 48-year-old man, his spouse found that it was not her husband’s physique.
With coronavirus circumstances overwhelming medical services in lots of components of the nation, there have been studies of sufferers and our bodies being misplaced or moved with out data reaching the households.
Telangana has reported 4,320 coronavirus circumstances and 165 deaths.
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