A 35-year-old woman died in a car outside a governmenthospital due to Covid after waiting for hours for a bed. Even her body remainedinside the car for three hours.
According to an eyewitness, the incident took place onThursday in Greater Noida.
The eyewitness said that the relatives of Jagriti Guptawere trying to find a hospital bed for her at the Government Institute ofMedical Sciences (GIMS).
Gupta, who worked as an engineer in Greater Noida, issurvived by her husband and two children.
The eyewitness said that he reached GIMS around 12.15p.m. and there he saw the woman patient in a serious condition in her car.
He said that she was with an attendant, who was runningfrom pillar to post for a bed for her.
He added that one of the women's attendants was rubbing thechest of the woman, to make it easier for her to breathe.
"The woman then died around 3.15 p.m. The attendantthen again called the doctors after there was no movement in Gupta's body. Adoctor then came and declared her dead," the eyewitness said.
The eyewitness said that he left the hospital around 6.15p.m. and till then the hospital did not take any step to wrap the body of the Covidpatient and send it to the mortuary.
The body of Gupta was taken for cremation three hoursafter her death.
The healthcare system across the country has come underimmense pressure amid the record surge in Covid-19 cases. Patients across thecountry are complaining of shortages of beds and medical oxygen.