AN EXAMPLE; BMC, BHUBANESWAR CONDUCTING THE CREMATION OF THE BODIES ON FREE OF COST

Bureau,Odishabarta

BHUBANESWAR:At a difficult time when many family members are not willing to receive and come forward to cremate the bodies of their kin meeting death due to COVID-19 pandemic the designated team of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is conducting the cremation of the bodies in accordance with the standard operating procedure (SOP) by the Centre and State Government.

The real-life COVID warriors from BMC have so far helped in cremating 161 bodies creating a record sort of things as the bodies include local hospital deaths, from the nearby hospitals and from other districts and other states where the cremation process as per the COVID protocol could not be met.

These deaths also include suspected cases in which people have died even prior to any tests as they arrive in critical cases at city hospitals or other district-level health-care facilities.

The team is dedicatedly doing their noble job to receive, transport and conduct cremation of the bodies in conformity with the COVID-19 Dead Body Management Guidelines issued by the Government of India. This is done in compassionate consultation with the family members of the deceased and the entire process is done free of cost.

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