Covid Patient's Body Allegedly Not Given To Family, Falls Off Ambulance

Allegations have emerged that hospital authorities took the body away in the ambulance without informing the person's family.

Families of people who lost their battle to coronavirus at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh are alleging that bodies of their loved ones are handed over to them. A morbid video from a government hospital in Vidisha district, 57 km from state capital Bhopal, describes the horror that grieving families are facing. In the video, an ambulance, which has the body of a Covid victim, is seen leaving the hospital. Just as it leaves the gates and takes a turn, the body is out of the bus out and it falls on the road. A couple of men are seen rushing towards the covered body.  A person in a PPE suit can be seen standing and looking out from inside the ambulance whose glasses are broken on the rear end. The driver of the vehicle reportedly panicked and stopped the ambulance. Allegations have emerged that hospital authorities took the body away in the ambulance without informing the person's family. Madhya Pradesh reported 12,384 COVID-19 cases and 75 deaths in the last 24 hours. The state's total caseload is now over 4.59 lakh.