Hospital staff asks relatives to look for kin among pile of bodies of Covid victims

Relatives of Covid-19 victims were asked to search for their kin among a pile of bodies wrapped in blue bags at a hospital in Tamil Nadu.

Shocking visuals have emerged from Theni K Vilakku Government Hospital in Tamil Nadu where bodies of Covid-19 victims were left piled up in a room and relatives were asked to enter the mortuary and collect the bodies of their family members. Several patient families have claimed that the hospital staff told them to enter the mortuary, search and take the bodies of their relatives. The incident came to light when relatives of a 47-year-old man from Theni died of Covid-19 and his relatives went to claim the body. The family was directed by the mortuary staff to enter on their own and search for the body and take it.