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The morgue at the Midnapore Hospital has 12 freezers with a maximum capacity for 36 bodies. But the hospital found it difficult to handle over hundred bodies it recovered in the aftermath of accident on May 28.
The bodies, many of which were unidentified, were taken to the Midnapore hospital with some kept on ice slabs. “The ice has been melting and there is a terrible stench from the bodies,” an official said.
“We have problem in the storing the bodies at Midnapore Hospital. So we have decided to shift the bodies at Katapukur police morgue in Kolkata,” said Narayan Swaroop Nigam, the district magistrate of West Midnapore. A total of 102 bodies have been handed over to the families of the deceased, Nigam said.
32 families agree to DNA identification
The state government has decided to go for DNA identification of the unclaimed bodies. DNA samples from the dead and the nearest kin will be matched to ascertain the identity. So far, 32 families have applied for DNA identification.
Families search for their relatives
There are still many families who are looking for their loved ones, as they have not been able to trace them either at the accident spot or at the Midnapore Hospital. Among them is Rajesh Bhatra, who has not been able to find his wife Indu Bhatra and daughter Sneha Bhatra. His 14-year-old son Sourav, who was also travelling with his mother and sister, succumbed to injuries on Tuesday at a Kolkata hospital.
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