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Medico-legal surgeon puts in place system for disposal of Covid bodies

MARGAO
The district hospital medico-legal surgeon has put in place a system to streamline the disposal of Covid bodies so as not to inconvenienCe relatives.

Medico-legal surgeon, Dr Madhu Ghodkirekar, said he had put in place a system wherein family members had to give an undertaking to the Deputy Collector before the body is released for the last rites. 

“We have streamlined the system wherein the relatives can now

give the undertaking to the in-charge of the mortuary, that's me, and I will forward the same to the Deputy Collector,” he said.

The Margao Municipal Council Chief Officer Agnelo Fernandes has also placed at the disposal of the in-charge of the mortuary a staffer to ensure that Covid bodies, including unidentified ones, do not pile up at the district hospital mortuary.   

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Major goof-up: Declared dead in morning, Covid patient found alive later in the day at South hosp

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published May 1, 2021, 12:47 AM IST
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MARGAO Family members of a patient admitted at the South Goa district hospital had to undergo trauma on Friday after the patient was declared dead in the morning before realization dawned on the staff in the evening that the patient is alive and undergoing treatment.The major goof-up came to light on Friday evening when the patient’s son had come to take the mortal remains after making the necessary arrangements at the Margao crematorium, only to find that the body…

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