Chhattisgarh doctor demands 10,000 bribe for post-mortem of drowned kids | India News

The our bodies of two little kids lay rotting for hours at a major well being centre in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district, allegedly as a result of a doctor demanded Rs 10,000 for every post-mortem.The autopsies had been performed solely when the stench obtained media and public consideration.Block medical officer Raghavendra Choubey was suspended, and the accused doctor, Aman Jaiswal – posted on the PHC on bond – was connected to the directorate of well being in Raipur, CMHO Dr P S Marko stated Tuesday. The Surguja collector advisable motion in opposition to Jaiswal and ordered a compensation of Rs 4 lakh every for the youngsters’s households, Dr Marko added. The victims – Jugnu Giri (5) and his cousin, Suraj Giri (4) – had drowned in a water-filled pit in Silsila village, round 360km from Raipur, on Sunday.“Every second was crucial. So we carried the children on a motorcycle to the Raghunathpur PHC,” Shiv stated.The doctor declared the youngsters useless and requested for a post-mortem. On Monday, the household arrived on the hospital round 7am. But the doctor arrived round 9.30am. “…The bodies started smelling. When I asked the doctor, he told me that he would have done the post-mortem on Sunday, free of cost, as per govt rules, but it would now ‘cost Rs 10,000 each’. When the news spread, the doctor finally conducted the post-mortem,” Shiv advised TOI.An investigation is underway, and additional motion will comply with the probe report, stated Dr Marko.