Chennai: Almost three months after a woman died of a Covid-19 infection, Chengalpattu Government Medical College Hospital management has called up her relatives to collect her dead body on Tuesday. Shortly, relatives picketed the hospital and demanded an inquiry into the issue.
The deceased, Alamelu, was a resident of Kundrathur in the Kancheepuram district. After being diagnosed with Covid-19 infection, she was admitted to Chengalpattu Medical College Hospital on May 19 and she died on May 22 without responding to the treatment. Subsequently, the hospital management had refused to hand over the body of the deceased as she died of Covid-19 despite several requests to hand over the body to the relatives and assured to cremate the body on their own. As the hospital management remained stern on their decision, the relatives stopped insisting on them and were under the impression that the hospital management cremated Alamelu’s body.
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In this situation, one of the relatives received a telephone call from the hospital management asking them to collect Alamelu’s body from the hospital. Enraged by the news, relatives picketed the Residential Medical Officer (RMO’s) room in the hospital. Alerted by the management, Chengalpattu town police officials rushed to the spot and pacified the protestors.
Meanwhile, the protestors also alleged that hospital workers had demanded bribes to release the body. After the hospital management had assured to take action against the workers, relatives received the body and left the spot. The hospital management has launched an inquiry into the issue.
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