The number of corona patients in the country has been increasing rapidly over the last few days. As the second wave of the coronavirus intensifies, India yet again reported the highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases with over 3,32,730 fresh infections and 2,263 deaths on Friday. The alarming spread of COVID-19 has led to shortage of oxygen cylinders in the hospitals, Remdesivir medicine, and beds in hospital.
A shocking incident has taken place in Madhya Pradesh where carelessness in handling covid dead bodies has come to light. A shocking video has gone viral on socila media from Vidisha, where a dead body falls off a running ambulance, it has been alleged that the family of the deceased had not been informed of the death at all.
The viral video shows an ambulance leaving Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vidisha District Hospital with the dead bodies of those who succumbed to COVID-19, according to NDTV. Just as the vehicle passes through the main gates and takes a turn, a dead body wrapped in white sheets falls off the vehicle with a thud on the road. A number of bystanders rush towards the scene as the driver stops the vehicle. He then picks up the body and places it in the vehicle and takes it to the funeral home.
It was later alleged that hospital staff were taking away the dead body of the person in question without informing his family and relatives. A number of families whose loved ones have succumbed to COVID-19 while treatment at the hospital have alleged that they were not handed the bodies of their family members.
Only two bodies can be kept in one vehicle at a time.But three bodies were kept in the vehicle. The vehicle belonged to Madhya Pradesh Blood Cooperation Committee. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College in Vidisha has witnessed similar incidents of negligence before.Vidisha is represented by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan in the state assembly.