A private ambulance abandoned the body of a deceased man midway in Palghar district, allegedly refusing to drive further due to road conditions. Forced to act, the family carried the body in a makeshift cloth stretcher for nearly 1.8 km to their home. Officials said the road was motorable
A private ambulance was carrying the body home from Vedanta Hospital in Palghar. REPRESENTATION PIC/I STOCK
A private ambulance abandoned a deceased patient’s body midway while taking it from a hospital in the Palghar district to his home, forcing the family members to carry it in a makeshift cloth stretcher, officials said on Friday.
Shailesh Magan Wagadada was admitted to Vedanta Medical College Hospital on February 3 and died on the same evening, said officials.
According to the officials, an ambulance carrying the body of Wagadada from the hospital stopped midday after reaching Chambharshet on Tilonda Road after the driver allegedly refused to go further, citing the condition of the non-tarred road leading to Ambepada, Wagadada’s hamlet.
Contrary to the ambulance driver’s reported claim, the 1.8 km road to the hamlet where the deceased lived is motorable, the Palghar Zilla Parishad stated in a release.
The relatives accompanying the body then placed it in a ‘jholi’ (a makeshift cloth stretcher) and trekked the remaining distance to their home.
The driver may have been misled by someone claiming the vehicle could not enter the village, said Ravindra Shinde, additional CEO, Palghar Zilla Parishad.
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