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SC slams Delhi govt, Centre over treatment of Covid patients, handling of bodies

The Supreme Court termed the state of affairs in Delhi hospitals with bodies of the dead being stacked next to Covid-19 patients as "horrific", and sought responses from the Centre and different states on its plea taking suo motu (on its own) cognisance on the treatment being meted out to patients and the handling of the bodies.

Hospitals are not giving due care to keeping of bodies and not even informing family members about deaths, as a result they are unable to attend the last rites, the SC said. "The situation in Delhi is horrendous, horrific and pathetic," the court said during the hearing.

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