Negligence of hospital staff of a reputed multi speciality hospital at Durgapur came to fore late Thursday night when family members of one Champai Soren opened a coffin and found the body of someone else inside it.
The fact was revealed when the family members of Soren (45) reached Sizua village under Nirsa police station with the body of some other person. The negligence came to fore only when the coffin was opened for preparation of cremation by Soren family.
Even the family members of Samantha (70) resident of Durgapur were surprised when they opened the coffin at Triveni Ghat' at Hugli river in Kolkata for cremation .They too contacted the hospital and asked for the genuine body.
Both, the Soren and Samantha families drove back to hospital premises from the cremation ground and in presence of hospital management exchanged respective bodies and later proceeded for cremation of respective bodies.
Both , though from different locations, had died on the same day while being treated in the hospital.