Apathy is the word that defines what happened to the body of a man who died of tuberculosis in a Madhya Pradesh hospital. Balchand Lodhi, a middle-aged man, was admitted to the Shivpuri district hospital where he died on Tuesday. His tuberculosis had gone worse.

Following Lodhi’s death, the hospital authorities left his body unattended and did not shift the body to mortuary. The body was left unattended on the hospital bed he died.

When Lodhi’s wife reached the hospital after receiving information about her husband’s death found swarms of ants in the dead man’s eyes. The body had been left unattended for hours. The ants had infested the eyes. A photograph of the eyes is doing rounds on social media.

She, somehow, managed to drive away the ants from Lodhi's eyes and took over the body after completing the formalities. The Lodhis are extremely poor. Lodhi and his wife used to work as daily-wage labourers.

After the incident was reported to CMHO Dr Arjun Lal Sharma, he assured action against the hospital staff found guilty of dereliction of duty. He said that the matter would be investigated thoroughly.

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