Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Aug 25: After a wrong body was delivered to the family of a deceased person from Kundapur on Saturday, the issue gained a lot of public attention. State home minister and district in-charge minister Basavaraj Bommai, held a video conference with the local MLA and officials of the district administration on Monday and collected information about this faux pas.
The minister instructed to dispatch the body only after it is shown to the relatives and identity is confirmed. This has to be followed in all cases irrespective of whether the person is COVID-19 positive or not. He also said that when receiving the body of a corona-positive person, a health officer should be on the spot to verify and receive the body.
Basavaraj Bommai
MLA K Raghupathi Bhat, had made these suggestions to the minister, it is learnt.