A hospital in West Bengal’s Nadia district issued the death certificate of a COVID affected person on Saturday however when the crematorium staff reached to take his physique for the final rites, they found him sitting on the hospital mattress. The incident occurred at Netaji Subhas Sanatorium COVID Hospital in Kalyani. A 26-year-old resident of Hijuli within the Dhantala police station space was first admitted to the Ranaghat Sub Divisional Hospital with fever and chest ache, his household stated.
As his situation deteriorated after he was found to be COVID-positive, the affected person was referred to the hospital in Kalyani on May 12. He has been present process remedy there since then, they stated.
On Friday, the hospital authority allegedly despatched a message to the household that he has died, the household stated.
His household was additionally given the death certificate on Saturday.
When the crematorium staff reached the hospital ward to take his physique, they found him sitting on the mattress, the household stated.
Further, the death certificate additionally talked about that his father was useless, however that was not the case, they stated.
The household stated they’ve shifted the affected person out of the hospital after the incident.
A senior district official refused to touch upon the problem, stating that he would give you the chance to take action after accumulating info from the medical officer involved.
“I have received no written complaint about the issue,” he stated.
(With PTI inputs)