Bihar: Amid Ambulance Workers' Strike, Video Shows Family in Nalanda Bringing Dead Body of Woman on Cart

Patna, July 17: The strike launched by ambulance workers in several parts of Bihar has further stressed the health infrastructure amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A harrowing video emerged from Nalanda, the home district of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, where a deceased woman was brought back from hospital on a cart.

The corpse was brought back from the medical facility after a post-mortem. Three-to-four relatives of the deceased could be seen walking along with the person pushing the cart. Bihar Medical Apathy: No Ambulance Available, Jehanabad Woman Walks With 3-Year-Old in Arms, Infant Dies.

One of the persons, while speaking to a reporter, said the woman was murdered a few days ago after she opposed the sale of alcohol near her residence.

Video Shows Woman's Body Brought Back on Cart

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After the autopsy, the body was handed over to the family. The corpse was brought back on a cart due to the absence of ambulance, reports said.

The ambulance workers in several parts of Bihar are on a strike, following the police assault on two hospital staff members in Samastipur district earlier this month.

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