Crossed wires at hospital leave family stunned

Crossed wires at hospital leave family stunned

01/06/2020, MAHESH LANGA , ,AHMEDABAD

Negative test results for COVID-19 led to a bizarre incident at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital earlier this week, with the family of a deceased patient informed by hospital authorities that he was alive just hours after they had performed his cremation.

Devrambhai Bhisikar was admitted to the COVID-19 ward of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on May 28 with fever, cough and breathlessness, all symptoms of COVID-19. He died the following day before the results of his samples arrived. As per protocol for suspected COVID-19 cases, his body was wrapped in PPE and handed over to the family, who cremated him soon after.

“When we returned home [after the cremation], we received calls from the hospital that the results of Devrambhai were negative and he could be shifted to the general ward. We were shocked,” said Nilesh Nikte, Bhisikar’s son-in-law. “When we rushed to the hospital, the doctor said it was a mistake by the control room person, who had called us based on Devrambhai’s negative results without checking on his status,” he added.