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Can’t Pay Bill? Give Your Car & Take The Body, Says Hospital To COVID Victim’s Family

Valsad: Hospitals are filled with patients in the second wave of Coronavirus. in many cases, hospitals are holding dead bodies until the final payment is done. In one such case, a hospital from the Valsad region of Gujarat refused to hand over the dead body of a COVID patient to the family as the final bill was not settled, ZeeNews reported.

The victim was admitted to 21st Century Hospital at Vapi for COVID symptoms but lost the battle on Tuesday (April 13).

The victim’s family alleged that the doctors from the hospital did not release the body. The family was asked to settle the final payment before they get the dead body for cremation, the report added.

What happened after that is shocking! The hospital management asked the family to keep the car as a guarantee to get the body for burial. The family filed a complaint against the hospital administration. The police reached the hospital and investigated the matter. The car was handed to the family following the police inquiry.

 

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