Aurangabad: In a heart-wrenching incident, a rubbish car was used to move a Covid-19 sufferer’s physique to a crematorium in Kinhi village of Maharashtra’s Osmanabad district after ambulances have been unavailable and personal automobiles refused to supply help regardless of extra cash affords.
An official from Dholki Police Station mentioned the incident passed off on Monday, when a resident of Kinhi village went to seek the advice of a personal physician within the neighbouring Ter village and collapsed and died exterior the clinic, PTI reported.
He mentioned the police have been instantly knowledgeable and a crew from a authorities hospital was known as in after the incident, including the person was discovered Covid-19 optimistic following a fast antigen check.
Vijay Hajgude, the sarpanch of Kinhi gram panchayat, mentioned the physique was after vital procedures handed over to the village authorities, who tried to rent an ambulance.
“The ambulance at Ter hospital was reserved for ferrying pregnant women, so it could not be used for Covid-19 patients. Although, we offered to pay double charges, other private vehicles, including local auto-rickshaws, also refused to transport the body to the crematorium in Kinhi,” mentioned Hajgude, including a rubbish assortment car was known as in ultimately to take the physique to the crematorium.
