Scared of infection, kin shy away from funeral of COVID patients
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Family members not turning up to receive bodies, claim hospital staff
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Lonely journey: Hospital staff wheeling away the body of a COVID-19 victim to the mortuary, at the Government General Hospital in Vijayawada.
Family members not turning up to receive bodies, claim hospital staff
A college student and her younger brother sit clueless at the mortuary of the Government General Hospital (GGH) in Vijayawada. Just a few hours ago, they were informed that their 52-year-old father, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19, had breathed his last.
Police perform final rites of suspected COVID patient
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The Avanigadda police shifting the body of a suspected COVID-19 patient for the last rites in Krishna district on Saturday.
Police showed their humane side by performing the final rites of a suspected COVID-infected person at Perlavani Lanka village in Nagayalanka mandal in Krishna district on Saturday.
A woman, aged 38 years, who was suspected to be suffering from the virus, died on Saturday. Her brother, aged 33, died of COVID on Friday.
Krishna Superintendent of Police M. Ravindranath Babu said the woman was suffering from ill-health and died on Saturday. When the residents raised a hue and cry to remove the body, the police team led by Avanigadda CI Bheemeswara Ravi Kumar and Nagayalanka SI Kuchipudi Srinivas rushed to the spot.