Govt. fudging COVID toll?

COVID deaths more than official figures, say govt. doctors

Increasing number of doctors working at Telangana government hospitals are stressing that number of COVID deaths in the State are higher than the figures mentioned in the media bulletin issued by the State Health department. The doctors who have been claiming this for the past a few weeks, said that presenting the true picture will further alert people and make them take precautions. Multiple sources said the number of deaths at Gandhi Hospital alone in a day are higher than the figures in the media bulletins. “Details of every patient’s death are meticulously recorded. Number of deaths during a particular time, photos of the bodies, a copy of their basic details, ward in which the patient expired, and others are collected at all hospitals. Senior officials keep track of it. The deaths at Gandhi Hospital on Wednesday were around 72,” sources in the hospital said. They added that 63 people died at the hospital on Thursday.