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PTI | Bhopal | Published 18.04.21, 01:44 AM
The last rites of 108 people were performed according to coronavirus protocol in Bhopal on Thursday, according to records maintained by crematoriums and graveyards and officials working there, the number far higher than the Madhya Pradesh government’s claim on Covid-19 fatalities that day.
The government had said only eight persons had died of the infection in Bhopal district on Thursday.
According to the records with two crematoriums and a graveyard, the last rites of 156 people were performed on Thursday in the state capital. Of them, 108 were coronavirus-infected, the documents showed.
“Eighty-eight people were cremated in our crematorium on Thursday. Of them, 72 had died of coronavirus,” Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat (crematorium) secretary Mamtesh Sharma said. Of the 72 Covid deceased, 4
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Bhopal: Mismatch between govt s COVID-19 death count claim, crematorium records
Last rites of 108 people who died of coronavirus in Bhopal were performed on Thursday, a figure vastly different from the Madhya Pradesh government s claim on COVID-19 fatalities that day, according to records maintained by crematoriums and graveyards in the state capital and officials working there. The government had claimed that only eight people had died of the infection in Bhopal district in the last 24 hours (on Thursday).
According to the records with two crematoriums and a graveyard, last rites of 156 people were performed on Thursday in the state capital. Of them 108 were coronavirus-infected, the documents showed.
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Gorelal Kori s son Kailash claimed he was told on Thursday morning by a hospital staff that his father had died, but was later informed that he was alive.
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BHOPAL: A 58-year-old suspected Covid patient was declared dead twice by the staff of a government medical college in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, though he was alive. Gorelal Kori was admitted to Atal Bihari Medical College Hospital in a critical condition on April 12.
His son Kailash Kori claimed he was told on Thursday morning by a hospital staff that his father had died, but was later informed that he was alive.
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