Muslim girl cremated after our bodies of Covid sufferers swapped in Surat hospital

A Muslim girl, who succumbed to Covid-19, was cremated in Surat on Sunday after the New Civil Hospital authorities mistakenly handed over her physique to an company chargeable for cremation as an alternative of one other girl’s physique.
After the household of the 38-year-old Muslim girl raised the difficulty, Surat District Collector Dr Dhaval Patel assured them an inquiry committee can be arrange.
The Muslim girl, present process Covid-19 remedy in New Civil Hospital for 9 days, died on April 3. On the identical day, one other Covid-19 affected person, a 55-year-old girl, died within the hospital. On Sunday morning, the hospital authorities knowledgeable members of the family of each the sufferers concerning the deaths and each the our bodies had been stored in the identical room on the Covid centre in NCH.
After the 55-year-old girl’s husband noticed her physique and left for his home in Maharashtra, the hospital authorities intimated Khan company, which is chargeable for cremation and burial of our bodies of Covid-19 sufferers. The company workers mistakenly cremated physique of the 38-year-old girl at Ashwani Kumar cremation house as an alternative of the 55-year-old girl’s physique. When the members of the family of the Muslim girl reached the hospital, they discovered that her physique has been cremated.The members of the family had a heated argument with hospital authorities, following which the police intervened.

NCH RMO Dr Ketan Naik mentioned, “We have set up a three-member committee to probe into the incident and based on their report, appropriate action will be taken.”