Kin create ruckus as woman’s body goes missing from private hospital in Ludhiana
Allege theft of vital organs, case registered against staff, management
Ruckus created at a private hospital in Sarabha Nagar after a family came to collect the body of a woman was shocked to know that the body was missing from the hospital’s mortuary. The family suspected that the body might be negligently handed over to some other family by hospital staff. They also alleged organ theft.
Afterwards, the deceased’s family members sat on a protest inside the hospital. They said the woman’s body was handed over to someone else and the hospital was not disclosing to whom the same was given.
The woman was admitted to the hospital a few days ago and she died during treatment. Since sons of the deceased had to come from abroad and the last rites had to be performed after their arrival, the body was kept in the mortuary.
Deceased’s husband Jaswant Singh, a resident of Guru Ram Das Nagar, Moga, told mediapersons that his wife, Jasvir Kaur (73), was suffering from liver disease. When her health deteriorated, he admitted her to a nearby hospital, from where she was referred to a private hospital in Ludhiana.
“On December 10, my wife was admitted to Orison Super Specialty Hospital in Sarabha Nagar, here. After nine days of treatment at the hospital, Jasvir Kaur’s condition worsened and she died on December 19. Afterwards, we requested the hospital to keep the body at its mortuary as my sons are coming from abroad. After my sons Balbir and Jarnail reached the city from Canada, we came to collect the body on Monday. However, when the hospital handed over the body to us, we were shocked to see that it was not her body. The body was of another woman, Manju (72). The hospital handed over my wife’s body to some other people who also reportedly performed her last rites,” he said.
“We suspect the hospital might have taken out vital organs from the body. Thorough investigation is needed in the matter and strict action should be taken against the institution,” she said.
Meanwhile, the hospital doctor while talking to mediapersons said the management was investigating the matter.
SHO, Sarabha Nagar, inspector Aditya Sharma, said the police initiated a probe and a case was registered against hospital staff and administration on the charges of theft, criminal breach of trust under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
