Corruption in the CMCH morgue
Visiting the morgue for the autopsy report of a loved one is traumatic as it is, extorting the relatives of the dead for such services is just savagely cruel. We are appalled to find that in the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) such practices have become the norm, and that the loved ones of the dead have to pay a hefty bribe to get a postmortem examination report, which is supposed to be free. Even worse is that this ghastly business has been going on for months under the very nose of the authorities concerned. A group of hustlers, reportedly in connivance with some corrupt hospital staff, are running this syndicate.
These criminals have grown so audacious in their acts that they, at times, refuse to properly stitch the dead body unless the right amount of bribe is handed over. It is also disturbing to note that the touts at the centre of this shoddy affair have never been brought to book and are allowed to enter a sensitive area like the morgue whenever they want to.
The problem of dual administration of the morgue premises by Chittagong Medical College (CMC) and CMCH needs to be resolved for the proper functioning of the institution. A probe into the irregularities surrounding the autopsy process is the order of the day. The touts and their patrons in the morgue have to be tried. Also, it is high time to bring the entire area under the observation of closed circuit TV camera so that such appalling incidents of corruption are not repeated.
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