A 39-year-old man of Rourkela, who was serving as a manager in a leading corporate house at Kolkata, on Tuesday morning died on its way to third hospital after not being accepted in two other hospitals, owing to non-availability of bed.
Since, the youth was having high fever and had collapsed on Tuesday morning, for which he was rushed to hospital, his Covid test was conducted after his death and confirmed positive.
His body, however, has been left stranded for cremation, since his Adhar card had Odisha address. Officials of Kolkata Municipal Corporation reportedly refused to cremate the body, because the person is not a resident of their jurisdiction.
The deceased was identified as Ananta Nayaray Bhol, a resident of Nabakrushna Nagar area of Rourkela who was working as Associate Manager with Tech Mahindra, Kolkata unit.