NEW DELHI, Apr 16: A man who was declared “dead” by a hospital in Gujarat, his “body” handed over and “last rites” performed by the family members, has returned home after two years.
The incident is of Dhar in Madhya Pradesh where the family members of 35-year old Kamlesh Patidar were taken by surprise when he knocked at the door of his maternal aunt’s house in Karodkala village early on Saturday morning, about two years after he was certified “dead” due to Covid by a hospital in Vadodara in Gujarat.
Kamlesh Patidar had fallen ill during the second COVID-19 wave. He was admitted to a hospital and later doctors declared him dead. After the hospital handed over the “body” to them, the family members performed his last rites, his cousin Mukesh Patidar told reporters. “Now, he has returned home but he has not revealed anything about where he stayed during this period,” the cousin said.
Kanwan police station in-charge Ram Singh Rathore said according to the family members, Kamlesh Patidar suffered from the coronavirus infection in 2021 and was admitted to a hospital in Vadodara (Gujarat). The doctors declared him dead due to COVID-19 infection, following which the family members performed last rites of the body given by the hospital in Vadodara and then returned to their village, he said.
The family members came to know that he was alive when he returned home on Saturday, Rathore said. The matter will be clear after recording statement of Kamlesh Patidar, the official said.
(Manas Dasgupta)