Breaking the age-old tradition, a woman wearing a PPE kit lit the funeral pyre of her husband in Mathili of Malkangiri district on Thursday.
Block Education Officer of Borigumma and Lamtaput blocks Krushna Naik of Mandapalli village under Mathili block fell ill two days back. When his condition worsened, his family members admitted him to the the Jeypore Sub Divisional Hospital and then shifted him to the Saheed Laxaman Nayak Hospital in Koraput. During his tests, he was found to be negative for Covid-19.
When there was no improvement in his health condition, Naik’s family members took him in an ambulance to Vishakhapatnam. But he died on the way and his body was brought to his native place.
Due to the pandemic, Naik’s wife wore a PPE kit performed his last rites.