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Shiv Kumar
Tribune News Service
Mumbai, May 7
A video of bodies wrapped in plastic bags with patients at Sion Hospital in Mumbai, shared on social media, started the protests against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MC) today.
Patients sleep next to the bodies at Sion Hospital. Very embarrassing Since patients have died from Covid-19, this will cause the spread of the infection.
Nitesh Rane, BJP MLA
The video, second in less than two weeks, showed unattended bodies in hospital beds. “Patients sleep next to the bodies at Sion Hospital. Very embarrassing Since the patients died from Covid-19, this will lead to the spread of the infection, ”BJP MLA Nitesh Rane said in a video statement.
With the opposition firing on Shiv Sena, Mumbai’s mayor Kishori Pednekar said an investigation into the incident had been ordered.
Deputy Municipal Commissioner Daksha Shah told reporters that the bodies were there for about half an hour before being removed. “There is an interval of time before the bodies are transferred to the morgue. The video was filmed in this period, “Shah said.
The dean of the Sion hospital, Pramod Ingale, noted that the hospital morgue was full and that the relatives of the deceased were hesitant to remove the bodies. “We subsequently removed the bodies and have ordered an investigation into the incident,” Ingale said.
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