State Government shows sensitivity, now family members will get the body of COVID infected patients

Jaipur | Looking at human compassion and feelings of the general public, the State Government and the Health Department have directed to hand over the body of COVID infected patients to their family members and to get the cremation done by completely following the medical protocol.

Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma said that the Government apart from being alert and cautious is also sensitive. Knowing the intention of the general public, the Chief Minister has directed the department to handover the dead body of COVID infected patient to the family members and get the cremation done by taking full caution. He said COVID pandemic is spreading rapidly in the entire country and in such a situation the general public has to be very cautious. Any kind emotional negligence could prove fatal to the general public.

Dr Sharma said that according to the experts, transmission of COVID-19 infection takes place through droplets. There is no evidence of spreading of COVID infection from the dead body, if the body is handled by taking all precautions along with the standard protocol

The Health Minister said that as per the guidelines it is not important to get COVID test done for every deceased. The COVID-19 test should be done only for those who have died of ILI or SARI. He said that the body of the deceased could be given to the family members without waiting for the test report. He said that it is also not necessary to conduct an autopsy of each deceased. If postmortem is done for any specific reasons, then it should be done as per the guidelines issued by the Government of India especially to prevent infection.  

The Health Minister said that the family members will be free to take the body for the last rites to their ancestral crematorium or graveyard by marking the information of the patient on the transparent bag as per the protocol. He said that the family members will have to inform the district administration about the body. He said if any person does not want to take the body of the COVID infected person then the hospital and the local body could do the cremation.

The Health Minister said that the protocol has been decided to catch a glimpse of the deceased for one last time. He said that touching, hugging, kissing the dead body would be prohibited. There should not be more than 20 people during the cremation. He said during the cremation, it will be necessary to wear PPE kit, gloves, mask, maintaining social distance along with to fully comply with all the other protocols. No permission from anybody is required to take a body from one district to another. Appealing to the general public, he said there should be no carelessness during the cremation; otherwise it can become a cause of great trouble.