“My father died a day after he was admitted to the hospital. When we enquired about cremation at the hospital, they quoted Rs 70,000,” said the man, a resident of Yousufguda.
“People were indeed charged up to Rs 25,000 for Covid-19 cremations until last month, but we recently organised a meeting and asked the crematorium workers to not collect more than Rs 8, 000 in case a person died at private hospitals,” said R Upender, zonal commissioner, LB Nagar. “For those who died at government hospitals and unclaimed bodies, cremations are conducted for free. We have also directed them to conduct cremations free of cost to those hailing from economically backward families by using donated wood or gas crematoriums.”
COVID deaths on steady rise, crematoriums see more arrivals
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Govt. bulletins show no more than 10 deaths a day, but ground situation starkly different
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Govt. bulletins show no more than 10 deaths a day, but ground situation starkly different
With the COVID-19 pandemic raising its hood again through the second wave of infections, number of deaths have also been on the rise.
While the government’s latest health bulletins show not more than 10 deaths per day, reports from the ground vouch that the number could be several times higher. Reliable sources informed that the death toll has reached about 20 per day at the Gandhi Hospital alone, while bodies reaching a single crematorium at ESI have risen to around 12.