Found dead in toilet, Covid victim’s autopsy done after 2 days

Ravinder Saini
Tribune News Service
Rohtak, June 4

The postmortem of a 39-year-old Covid patient was performed by a board of doctors at the PGIMS here on Thursday, two days after he died at an isolation centre in Charkhi Dadri.

The patient who worked at a private Gurugram firm was found dead in a bathroom of the isolation centre on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The body was brought to the PGIMS on Wednesday afternoon.

Dr Manju, Civil Surgeon, Dadri, said postmortem of Covid patients was generally not performed, but in this case the autopsy had been recommended to find out the exact cause of death.

Sources said Charkhi Dadri DC Shri Prasad Sharma had issued the orders for the postmortem by the PGIMS and deputed Tehsildar Ajay Kumar as duty magistrate for the cremation of the deceased. Kumar said the delay happened due to a technical reason. The exact cause of death would be ascertained tomorrow, said Dr SK Dhattarwal, Head of Forensic Department, PGIMS.

Meanwhile, a video showing a youth at the centre alleging negligence has gone viral. “A Covid patient was lying in the washroom. I informed the staff but no doctor came,” he is heard saying.

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