Mahaprayan failure: State Govt begins probe into Nilagiri incident

Nilagiri: After the State government directed the Balasore district Collector to probe into the incident of a man carrying the dead body of his son on a trolley due to unavailability of a Mahaprayan vehicle, the ADM and Sub-Collector reached the district headquarters hospital to probe into failure of Mahaprayan.

The Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Department Pramod Kumar Meherda had asked the Collector to inspect as to why the Mahaprayan vehicle, meant to transport dead bodies from state-run hospitals free of cost, was not available at the hospital. He said stringent action will be taken against those found guilty.

It may be mentioned here that a six-year-old boy, Krishna, son of Tunaram Singh, had been rushed to Nilagiri hospital in Balasore district on Sunday morning after being bitten by a poisonous snake. But doctors declared him brought dead. Later, Tunaram had to carry the dead body of his son on a trolley since he was unable to get a vehicle under the Mahaprayan scheme.

The probe team will also visit Tunaram's house.