Negative test results for COVID-19 led to a bizarre incident at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital earlier this week, with the family of a deceased patient informed by hospital authorities that he was alive just hours after they had performed his cremation. Devrambhai Bhisikar had been admitted to the COVID-19 isolation ward of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on May 28 with fever, cough and breathlessness, all symptoms of COVID-19. They cremated soon after as per instructions of the hospital authorities, with only two persons allowed in the ambulance carrying the body. After the incident was widely reported in the local media, the hospital issued a clarification. “It was mistake of the [control room] person, who informed the relative without checking patient’s status and asked them to facilitate shifting of patient on basis of negative report for COVID-19 test,” the hospital said in a statement.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2020 12:46 UTC