Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SHP)

Bengaluru, Jul 5: With the rise in coronavirus cases, hospitals have been finding it difficult to accommodate patients. This turned fatal for a 50-year-old woman who was seeking admission into a hospital after she began experiencing breathing issues. The shortage of beds prompted 12 hospitals to refuse admission to the woman who died shortly thereafter.

The husband of the deceased Babu said that the family had approached 12 hospitals in three days including Victoria Hospital and other private facilities. All of the hospitals claimed to have a shortage of beds and therefore unable to admit the woman.

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However, even when the family did manage to get the woman admitted at KC General Hospital, she could not be saved. The 50-year-old woman passed away on Saturday in a few minutes of her admission, a report by Deccan Herald stated.

In a similar case of refusal from hospitals due to a shortage of beds, a 35-year-old man, Manjunath also passed away on Saturday. The deceased was reportedly suffering from fever for over three days.

When his condition worsened, the man's wife admitted him into a private hospital on Saturday, July 4 after hours of ordeal. Unfortunately, Manjunath could not make it and passed away 15 minutes after getting admitted.

The hospital authorities took swab samples from the deceased and stated that the body would be handed over only after the test results were received.

BBMP personnel also failed to shift the body of a COVID-19 patient in Kalasipalya almost a day after the death.

Despite civic workers disinfecting the place, the neighbours were gripped with fear after the body was kept at home.