Madhya Pradesh: Dead Man Left Unattended, Ants Crawl On His Eyes, Five Doctors Suspended

Pratham Gharat

October 17, 2019

A picture of a dead body with ants crawling on its open eyes in a hospitalâs morgue in Madhya Pradeshâs Shivpuri district has led to the suspension of five doctors, including a surgeon.

The man has been identified as 50-year-old Balchandra Lodhi, a patient of Tuberculosis who was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday morning. He was declared died after five hours reported NDTV.

Ramshree Lodhi, the wife of Balchandra, said, âI went home on Monday evening. I got the information about my husbandâs death on Tuesday morning. When I reached the hospital, I found ants crawling on my husbandâs eyes. I removed the ants. The hospital staff should have taken care of my husbandâs mortal remains, but they didnât.â

Shivpuri collector Anugraha P said, âAn inquiry has been ordered against the civil surgeon PK Khare, duty doctor Dinesh Rajput and three nurses, who have been suspended.â

Chief medical health officer (CMHO), Shivpuri, Dr AL Sharma said, âThis is an unfortunate incident. Other patients told us that they informed the duty nurses about ants crawling on the face of the deceased, but they didnât listen to them. It is a case of negligence, and we wonât allow such dereliction in the duty.â

After seeing the grisly image Chief Minister, Kamal Nath took to Facebook and informed that an inquiry has been ordered in the matter.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia too wrote about the incident on twitter and asked the state health minister for stern action.

â Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) October 16, 2019

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