Following outrage over a mass cremation of coronavirus patients at Hyderabad’s ESI Hospital’s crematorium, Telangana Director of Medical Education Dr K Ramesh Reddy has claimed that ‘lack of transportation’ led to the cremation of over 50 bodies in one go.
On Tuesday, July 21, Congress MLA Seethakka tweeted a video that showed mass cremation, and wrote: ‘Shocking. On 21st July, the reported #Corona deaths are said to be 7 by Govt whereas more than 30 bodies were cremated at ESI graveyard only. The govt from the beginning itself providing us wrong statistics to hide their incapability in controlling the virus #KCRFailedTelangana.’
Shocking On 21st July, the reported #Corona deaths are said to be 7 by Govt whereas more than 30 bodies were cremated at ESI graveyard onlyThe govt from the beginning itself providing us wrong statistics to hide their incapability in controlling the virus #KCRFailedTelangana pic.twitter.com/iFDgf57yYv
— Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka) (@seethakkaMLA) July 22, 2020
The Telangana health department said that although the video is indeed of mass cremation, there has been no manipulation or malpractice.
Dr K Ramesh Reddy said over 50 COVID-19 victims were buried in one go, but not all of them died on the same day. Some of the victims died two-three days back.
‘More than 50 bodies were cremated in one go due to GHMC’s facing difficulty to transport the bodies of Covid-19 patients. It was two-three days old deaths,’ India Today quoted Dr K Ramesh Reddy as saying.
