Kolkata: In a bizarre incident, a 55-year-old woman who was declared dead by a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Friday morning, was found alive after she was brought to the crematorium at Ratan Babur Ghat later in the day.
Sibani Biswas, a resident of Bankim Pally area of Madhyamgram in North 24-Parganas, was admitted to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on June 11 with sepsis. She had been undergoing treatment at the general medicine ward in the Unit P section for the past few days. According to the death certificate, Biswas had been a patient of hypertension and diabetes.
On Friday morning, the patient was pronounced dead by a post-graduate trainee doctor. Death certificate was also issued to the family members of the woman by the hospital authorities.
The family members took her to their house at Madhyamgram a few hours later.
The family members then took her to the crematorium. When she was kept lying outside the electrical furnace, the family members felt warmth in her body.
The incident triggered shock among them. Many of her relatives started raising questions on the role of the post-graduate trainee who had issued her death certificate. The incident created chaos at the crematorium.
The matter was immediately informed to Baranagar police station. The family members were told to take the woman to RG Kar again, which the family members readily denied. They later took her to Madhyamgram Matri Sadan Hospital.
Meanwhile, the hospital authorities were also informed. According to hospital sources, the matter would be looked into.
A probe would be conducted to find out if there was any negligence on the part of the doctor or any staff member.