A hospital mix-up led to her family cremating someone else's body by mistake. FMTNews Covid19
A friend waves goodbye as a woman is admitted to Hospital del Seguro Social Quito Sur on Monday.
Alba Maruri, 74, was hospitalised in March in Guayaquil, the Ecuadoran city hardest hit by the pandemic, with fever and trouble breathing.A week later, her family was shown a corpse in the hospital morgue, but for fear of coronavirus contagion did not get close to it. The body was on its side, with the back showing, not the face.“I was afraid to see her face,” he told AFP.
“The doctors went to my aunt’s house to corroborate and inform them of the mistake,” said another nephew, Juan Carlos Ramirez.The family plans to sue the hospital to recover the cremation fee they paid and for the distress caused by the mix-up.
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