BHAWANIPATNA: Over the past two days television cameras kept beaming the image of Dana Majhi carrying his wife's lifeless body on his shoulders, his daughter in tow, trying desperately to reach home after he was denied an ambulance by staff at Bhawanipatna hospital in Kalahandi district. The 42-year-old became a symbol of everything that was wrong with Odisha. His plight became a national talking point. Probes were ordered, speeches made, protests launched while strict punishment was promised for the guilty even as the Naveen Patnaik government drew flak for the poor healthcare facilities in the state.Two days hence and after plenty of hue and cry in India and abroad, Majhi has now come on record saying he did not inform anybody at the hospital and quietly left with his wife's body. Moreover, he has also confessed that he never sought anyone's help to carry the body back to his village in Melghara, some 60km away from Bhawanipatna hospital in Kalahandi district."The doctor treated my wife thrice and his last visit was at 10 in the night. She died around 2am. When I felt that she was no more I took her body without informing any of the patients who were there in the female ward," Majhi told the media on Friday, adding that since there was no attendant in the female ward, he decided to leave with his wife's body.He claimed that he lost his bearing following his wife Amang Dei's death. He did not know what to do and did not even ask anyone at the hospital if he could have a vehicle to carry the body home. "Mo munda kama kala nahin se mala pare (My brain stopped working following my wife's death)," he added. Explaining further, he said since they did not have any relatives in Bhawanipatna he decided to seek help once reaching Sagada, some 10km away.