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Panvel hospital staff demanded Rs 500 to release wife’s body, alleges husband
Updated On: 30 May, 2026 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Abhitash Singh
Woman’s husband says Panvel Sub-District Hospital staff refused to budge until amount was handed over for shroud, which is provided free of cost
Kavita Borade died during treatment on Tuesday. Pics/By Special Arrangement; (right) A grab from the alleged video of a mortuary staffer accepting the money
The family of a deceased woman has alleged that they were forced to pay up for a shroud before her body was handed over at the postmortem facility of the government-run Sub-District Hospital in Panvel — an incident that has triggered outrage and raised questions over the functioning of government hospitals.
The Panvel Sub-District Hospital
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