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Health
Family Uses Cart to Transport Son’s Body After Postmortem Delays at Chapra Sadar Hospital
✍️ Amar Ujala · Bihar
🗓 13 Oct 2026, 05:16 PM
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After a postmortem at Chapra Sadar Hospital, relatives could not locate the mortuary vehicle and placed the deceased’s body on a cart to take home.
A grieving family in Chapra, Bihar, faced an unexpected hurdle after the postmortem of a young man was completed at Chapra Sadar Hospital. The mortuary transport vehicle that usually carries bodies to the final resting place was not available, leaving the relatives without the usual means to move the corpse.
The deceased had died after drowning in the Sarayu River, and his body was brought to the hospital for examination. With no official transport, the family improvised by placing the body on a hand‑pushed cart (trolley) and escorted it to their home.
Hospital officials acknowledged the lapse and announced that an internal inquiry would be launched to determine why the mortuary vehicle was unavailable at the crucial moment. The investigation is expected to examine procedural gaps within the health department’s handling of deceased patients.
The incident has raised concerns about the adequacy of postmortem logistics in regional medical facilities, prompting calls for clearer protocols to avoid similar distress for bereaved families in the future.
The deceased had died after drowning in the Sarayu River, and his body was brought to the hospital for examination. With no official transport, the family improvised by placing the body on a hand‑pushed cart (trolley) and escorted it to their home.
Hospital officials acknowledged the lapse and announced that an internal inquiry would be launched to determine why the mortuary vehicle was unavailable at the crucial moment. The investigation is expected to examine procedural gaps within the health department’s handling of deceased patients.
The incident has raised concerns about the adequacy of postmortem logistics in regional medical facilities, prompting calls for clearer protocols to avoid similar distress for bereaved families in the future.