Coma error in India: Family cares for 18 months of dead relatives

Created: 09/27/2022, 15:43

By: Linus Prien

A street in the Indian city of Kanpur © IMAGO/Biswarup Ganguly

In the Indian city of Kanpur, a family cared for their deceased loved one for 18 months.

They assumed he was in a coma.

Kanpur - A tragic misunderstanding came to an end in Kanpur, India.

In 2021, a man fell ill with the corona virus.

Vimlesh, 35, was then taken to hospital with pneumonia.

The accountant succumbed to the disease, both of which had reached his lungs.

However, his family assumed that he was simply in a coma and therefore cared for him for another 18 months, as reported by the

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Coma error in India: Employer inquires about the deceased

Alok Ranjan, spokesman for the responsible health authority in India said: "The person had died on April 22, 2021, during the second corona wave.

He had pneumonia in both lungs.

After he died, he was taken to a local nursing home, where he was pronounced dead.

A death certificate was also issued, stating the cause of death was pneumonia.” Finally, the deceased's employer filed a complaint because he did not show up for work.

Coma error in India: Police do not take action against anyone

Whenever his office inquired about him, Vimlesh's family would claim he was ill, a police officer said: "The family also obtained oxygen tanks and told neighbors he was in a coma and being treated at home.

They were confident that he would be alive and well.”

However, as a result of the cremation of the body, which was finally carried out, the case is now closed for the authorities: "Since no crime was committed here, we will not take action against anyone," said a police officer.