A hospital in Tamil Nadu has ordered motion after members of the family of a person, who succumbed to Covid, have been made to enter the morgue and determine his physique. When the family members entered the morgue, they reportedly discovered that many our bodies of Covid victims had not been disposed of however have been saved there.
The incident came about at Theni Government Medical College and Hospital within the state.
A 47-year-old resident of Periyakulam in Theni complained of breathlessness on Saturday. On admission to the hospital, it was discovered that he was Covid-19 optimistic however succumbed to the an infection on Monday night.
On reaching the hospital’s mortuary to gather the physique on Tuesday, the members of the family have been requested by the safety personnel to seek out the useless physique themselves.
Videos and photos of the incident have gone viral on social media. Many individuals reprimanded the hospital administration for his or her negligence. In the video, the family members have been additionally seen not carrying any PPE swimsuit or masks correctly, which was in violation of the Kovid protocol.
Theni Hospital officers accepted the failings
Talking to indianexpress.com, Theni Hospital Dean Dr Balaji Nathan admitted that the incident is a transparent safety breach and departmental motion has been initiated in opposition to the three officers on obligation on the time of the incident.
“We preserve the our bodies of individuals both testing optimistic for Covid-19 in a separate room, however that room can’t have greater than three or 4 our bodies. If we discover extra our bodies, we put them on the ground at a distance. The useless our bodies that attain the room earlier than 6 pm are instantly taken to the crematorium in a free mortuary van and correct process is adopted for the final rites. Since we can’t get rid of the our bodies after 6 pm, we preserve them within the mortuary room until the subsequent day.”
He additional stated, “The stated individual died on Monday night and his physique was saved together with 15 different useless our bodies on account of lack of house within the room and naturally piled up. Only one relative was given to our workers together with him. Identification of the physique is allowed however on Tuesday two attendants in control of safety and morgue had allowed greater than 4 family members. This is a transparent safety lapse,” he stated.
Two inquiries – one inside and one detailed investigation – have been performed by the pinnacle of the division, forensic medication and the resident medical officer. Nathan stated that it was discovered that three officers didn’t carry out their duties adequately and departmental motion has been initiated in opposition to two authorities staff.
Separately, he has written to the regional supervisor of the involved safety company to take away the safety personnel on the morgue.
“To prevent such incident from happening again, we are planning to set up a big temporary shed with a rack facility to keep more bodies in the morgue. Also, we are taking steps to attach tags before sending the bodies to the morgue, to prevent relatives from entering the mortuary to identify the bodies.”
Asked about reviews of our bodies not being wrapped correctly as per the rules issued by the well being ministry, he stated they comply with the federal government pointers to cowl the our bodies with double-wrapped thick polythene blue sheets.
“We are following the guidelines to ensure that there is no leakage of body fluids. We have ordered Zip Lock Body Bags, but due to high quantity the seller has not delivered them yet. We will get it at the earliest,” he stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
