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Dead Body of Covid 19 patient wrapped and left in Bus Shelter for over 3 hours

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Haveri: A dead body was wrapped in PPE and left in at a bus shelter in Haveri district for over three hours, adjacent to the Ranebennur Taluk Hospital on Saturday. This outraged the residents because as sources told TOI that he hospital staff who was involved in carrying out the last rites of the person, reportedly wrapped the body in PPE in front of the public and left the body at the bus shelter for over three hours.

When they came back, the video of the body had already gone viral, the report by TOI /News18.com states. 

The man was 45 years old and had been suffering from fever for a week. He then decided to get himself treated at the Ranebennur taluk hospital. His COVID swab sample for testing was taken on June 28 and he had come to the hospital for collecting his report at around 11 am. As his result was yet to come, he decided to rest at the bus shelter.

Apparently he died there. The report says that the hospital staff was informed, and they rushed to the shelter and wrapped his body in PPE and abandoned it, instead of taking it to the mortuary. After social media outrage, the staff returned and took the body in an ambulance for its last rites. The report quotes the DHO Rajendra Doddamani as saying that the incident did take place, adding that the police did not know why the staff wrapped the body in PPE and kept it at the shelter instead of going to the mortuary.

An inquiry into the matter has been launched, and stern action will be taken against those responsible, he said. Additional deputy commissioner S Yogishwar said in the report that he was not aware of the issue but that he would order a thorough inquiry.

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