Bengaluru: At the intervention of the State’s Health and Medical Education Minister, Dr K Sudhakar a Covid patient’s body was released to the family members from a private hospital.
The family members of the 62-year old patient faced issues with getting hold of the body after his passing away at the Manipal Hospital in Jayanagar.
Even after 40 days of treatment and the family being charged excessively despite getting a negative report, the hospital was unable to cure him of the virus.
The minister heard about the incident when the patient’s body was not handed over to the family members even after the death of the patient on December 23.
The hospital defended by stating that they were only waiting for BBMP’s clearance. Manipal Hospital said in a statement that the patient had a severe case of Covid-19 and the best possible treatment was provided. But, after a prolonged course, the patient succumbed to the illness,
RT-PCR test for Covid done twice during the initial period of hospitalisation was positive and a subsequent Covid test by Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) was negative,” the hospital’s statement added
Clarifying further, the hospital statement said, “As a policy, we do not withhold the body for any reason including financial, except when there is a requirement by the government regulation. The body was released immediately on receiving clearance from BBMP. The family has taken the body post the clearance of the BBMP authorities, as per the norms,”.
