Delay in postmortems of deceased causing agony to kin

Delay in postmortems of deceased causing agony to kin

DUE to careless attitude of a police nonstable attached to the Police Chowki of the General Hospital here, the relatives of the patients of accidental deaths have to suffer a lot and face mental agony.

One such incident was recently witnessed by the parents of a links girl who died of unknown bite recently .The girl Shruti Shambharkar was declared "brought dead' by the doctors of the General Hospital in the night of Aug 20 last. The doctors suggested for the postmortem of the girl it being an unnatural death to ascertain the cause of death and the body was kepi in the hospital room itself.

The next morning, the constable an duty was intimated by the doclor to fulfill the inquest process so that her postmortem could be done and the body could be handed over lo the relatives. The constable however reached the hospital quite late in the morning due to which inquest was delayed thereby delaying the postmortem also. The already grieving parents and relatives had to wail for a long time to take the possession ol their beloved daughter.

When asked about the delay in postmortem. Dr Bidkar who was on Postmortem dutv told this corre-spondent that he has been waiting for the constable to complete the inquest since the morning. The postmortem can be done only after inquest is completed, he said directing finger towards the constable for the delay.

Il was only a( aboul 12-00 in the noon thai ihe pm was done and body was handed over 10 the relatives for the last riles. Had the constable completed the inquest earlier, the relatives who had lost their child in a very unfortunate incident could have got some relief.

The relatives of the deceased have to face Ihe similar situation every time, it has being alleged. Few days back, an accused in the police custody had fled away from the hospital due to negligent attitude of the polieemcnconcerned, it may be mentioned here.

Posted in: News 2014