Mumbai COVID Patient Reportedly Found Dead In Hospital Toilet 14 Days After Going Missing
A body of a 27-years-old Tuberculosis patient, who tested COVID positive was found in the toilet of TB Hospital in Mumbai's Sewri, 14 days after the patient had gone missing. The patient, named Suryabhan Yadav, came to the hospital on September 30, after testing positive. He was referred by a medical officer in Goregaon.
Patient's body gone unnoticed for 14 days
The body had gone unnoticed for 14 days even though the block toilets are supposed to be regularly cleaned and were being used by other patients.
The BMC has ordered a high-level inquiry and issued notice to at least 40 hospital staffers who worked in the ward.?
The body was so badly decomposed that initially, the hospital could not identify the gender of the person. After looking into their records, later, it was found that Yadav had been missing some days after his admission into the hospital.
No proper address of patient
Yadav, who went missing since October 4, did not allegedly give his proper address while getting admitted, said a doctor from the hospital. Superintendent Dr Lalitkumar Anande said, "We had filed a missing report then. But it is common for TB patients to go absconding from the hospital."
No one complained of foul smell
It is suspected that on October 4, Yadav went to the toilet and collapsed due to breathlessness. The hospital management said no one complained of any foul smell, until October 18 when a ward boy found one of the three locked cubicles stinking. He climbed in the next cubicle and saw the dead body on the floor. The hospital immediately informed the police and sent the body to KEM hospital for a post-mortem.
The toilet cubicle must have been locked by the patient himself but it remains unknown why no one took notice of it.
