Health Secy orders DM to probe

The State Government on Monday directed the Baleswar District Collector to investigate the incident of a man carrying the body of his son on a trolley-rickshaw due to unavailability of a Mahaprayan vehicle (hearse).

In the wake of public outcry over the sad incidence, Health and Family Welfare Department Secretary Pramod Kumar Meherda directed the Collector to probe as to why the Mahaprayan vehicle, meant to transport dead bodies from public hospitals free of cost, was not available at the hospital. 

He said stringent action would be taken against those to be found guilty.

It may be mentioned that a six-year-old boy, Krishna, son of Tunaram Singh, had been rushed to the Nilagiri Government hospital in Baleswar district on Sunday morning after being bitten by a poisonous snake. But doctors at the hospital declared him brought dead. later, Tunaram had to carry the body of his son on a trolley rickshaw since he was unable to get a vehicle under the Mahaprayan scheme.

Meanwhile, the ADM and the Sub-Collector of the district reached the District Headquarters Hospital to probe into failure of the Mahaprayan scheme. The officials would also visit Tunaram’s house, sources said.