Dead on display in TIMS corridors

Wrapped in plastic luggage and piled on gurneys, the skin-crawling sight of our bodies of COVID-19 victims mendacity in the corridors of the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) has been leaving sufferers and their attendants horrified.

The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the already-burdened healthcare system to its brink and the gaps in administration aren’t going unnoticed.

However, at TIMS, the foremost concern is that of an inordinate delay in clearing our bodies from plain sight. People who’ve misplaced a cherished one to the lethal an infection say that nobody needs to be subjected to such a gut-wrenching sight after they step into the power hoping to get well.

Some of the disturbing pictures are with The Puucho, which is refraining from publishing these. In one of many pictures, no less than 5 our bodies wrapped in plastic are stored on a row of beds at finish of a hall. The sufferers’ belongings wrapped in different luggage are stored subsequent to the our bodies.

Plea of well being workers

Healthcare employees at TIMS have corroborated that many our bodies weren’t cleared for 10 to 12 hours on some days. They have additionally pleaded for the problem to be addressed on the earliest.

The attendant of a affected person mentioned it was a traumatic sight, no much less. “The bodies were kept on beds on the ground floor, near the ICU. Is that a sight one expects to see after stepping into a hospital? Are we stepping into an ICU or a mortuary? Why can’t the government take steps to take care of such a thing when they claim thousands of crores would be spent for COVID management? I lost a family member recently, and I sincerely wish no one else is reminded of death and loss in this grisly manner,” the grieving attendant mentioned on the situation of anonymity.

“Recently, a male patient in Room number 226 died in the morning, and his body was lying in the corridor for hours. Healthcare workers pointed it out around 5 p.m. that day and requested for it to be cleared. There were many similar situations which were pointed out by doctors along with the floor number, time of death and delay in clearing the body,” a supply on the hospital mentioned.

Miscommunication

Sources additionally pointed to lengthy delays in updating relations a couple of affected person’s situation or informing them of a demise.

“In one such case, while doctors went out of their way to inform the death of a patient, the reception desk said the patient was alive. The family wanted to keep up the faith and thought the doctors had given wrong information, and confronted them. Such miscommunication creates unnecessary anxiety for a family which is already going through a lot,” a supply added.