Covid positive woman dies outside Noida hospital, body lies in car for 3 hours

Mangalore Today News Network

Noida, May 01, 2021:      A 35-year-old Covid positive woman died in her car while waiting to be admitted in a hospital in Greater Noida. The victim’s body remained in the car for over three hours before it was taken for cremation.

 

The incident took place on Thursday outside the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Greater Noida. The victim has been identified as Jagriti Gupta who worked as an engineer in Greater Noida. She is survived by her husband and two children.

The attendant who accompanied Jagriti ran from pillar to post, begging the hospital authorities for a bed, but to no avail. Jagriti died in the parking lot of the hospital, desperately gasping for oxygen.

The doctors came after the victim had already lost her life and declared her dead.

To make matters worse, the authorities did not arrange for the body to be taken to mortuary and cremated as per Covid protocols. The victim’s body lay inside the car for over three hours before it was taken for cremation.

The healthcare system in the country has come under immense pressure as India battles the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Hospitals across India have been reporting a shortage of medical oxygen.Though Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that there is no shortage of oxygen beds in UP, there have been a number of incidents where Covid-19 positive patients have lost their lives, unable to find beds in hospitals. Families are being turned away by hospitals that are facing an acute shortage of hospital beds and oxygen supply.

Courtesy:India Today