After Bhandara hospital fire, Covid patient shifted to GMCH Nagpur dies: Relative

NAGPUR: After the fire that broke out in Bhandara district general hospital in the wee hours of Saturday, a Covid-19 positive patient who was undergoing treatment in the ICU there was reportedly referred to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Nagpur. The patient was declared brought dead as per the relatives.
Prabhu Borkute, a relative of the deceased, told TOI, “My relative, Alka Dinesh Rohankar, was undergoing treatment at ICU in Bhandara district general hospital for Covid.After the fire broke out, there was chaos in the hospital. My relative and one more patient were referred in one ambulance to GMCH Nagpur. I also accompanied them in another vehicle. She was declared brought dead at GMCH Nagpur,” he said.
“Doctors at GMCH Nagpur told us there was no guarantee of handing over body as she was Covid patient,” said Borkute and added that doctors said the funeral will be done in Nagpur as per norms for Covid patient. “Therefore, we requested the driver of the same ambulance to take the body back to Bhandara district general hospital. But the driver refused. We then booked a private vehicle. Now, we are on way back to Bhandara district general hospital with the body,” he said.
Borkute also said another patient was admitted to GMCH, Nagpur.