The 50-year-old homeless man was declared dead by a
senior doctor in the Indian city and sent immediately to the mortuary - against
hospital rules..Doctors said the man, named as Prakash, had a metabolic
disorder and was delirious when police brought him in.Speaking at a news
conference on Monday, Dr Suleman Merchant, the dean of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal
General Hospital, said Prakash was an alcoholic who had "neglected
himself" and had maggots on his face and ears."Maggots eat human
tissues. Usually dead bodies have maggots. He must have been lying around for
at least six or seven days," said Dr Merchant.He told reporters that the
doctor who examined Prakash had checked the patient's pulse, respiration, and
heart.Dr Merchant said the hospital had launched an inquiry into the breach of
protocol that led Prakash to be taken immediately to the mortuary.Prakash is in
a stable condition in the hospital's intensive care unit where he is being
treated for an ear infection and malnourishment, Dr Merchant said.
The only important questions here are; who declared him
dead, and who gave him a diploma? The Dead are
supposed to be kept on the ward for two hours in case the doctor has made an
error.They could have used the hospital rules.
