Ganjam: Son Carries Mother’s Dead Body On Shoulders For 2 Km

Ganjam: Though the Odisha government claims to have launched the ‘Mahaprayana’ scheme to facilitate the transport of dead bodies from hospitals, family members of a woman who died at a hospital in Ganjam alleged that they had to carry her body on shoulders for 2 kms to reach home as no transport facility was available at the hospital.

The shocking incident has been reported from Badagada village under Soroda block in the district on Wednesday.

As per reports, Laxmi Gauda, a villager was admitted at the Badagada Community Health Centre (CHC) after her condition deteriorated on Wednesday. She died during treatment at the hospital, alleged her family members.

Her family members alleged that when they asked the hospital authorities to provide a hearse van to carry the body to their residence, the authorities did not pay any heed to their request, stating that no such facility was available at the hospital.

The family members alleged that the hospital authorities even forced them to shift the body at the earliest. Though they tried to hire an autorickshaw and even a tricycle, no one agreed to carry the body, they said.
Left with no option, the deceased son, Basant, then carried her body on his shoulders for 2 kms to reach the village.

“My mother was taken to the hospital after she developed difficulties in breathing. She died while undergoing treatment at the hospital. When we asked for a vehicle to take her body, the hospital authorities told us that such facilities were not available. Finding no other way, I had to take my mother’s body on my shoulders to reach home,” alleged Basant.

Hospital-in-charge, Bhagawan Sahu, when contacted, said that the patient was gasping for air when she was brought to the hospital. We immediately admitted the patient and treatment was provided to her.

“We had informed about the patient’s condition to those accompanying her. She was given treatment. However, without informing anybody, the family members took the patient away even though she had not been declared dead by the doctors at the hospital. We had even sent an Ayush doctor to their house but the patient had died by then,” claimed Sahu.

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