Probe into man being locked in Mahabubabad GGH mortuary

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The Telangana Health Department has ordered an enquiry into the incidental reported astatine the Mahabubabad Government General Hospital (GGH), wherever respective reports claimed that a antheral was locked wrong the infirmary mortuary and walked retired the adjacent morning. Hospital authorities person dismissed these reports, stating that endurance wrong a freezer successful mortuary is medically intolerable if a idiosyncratic were really placed wrong a freezer.

According to infirmary superintendent B. Srinivas Rao, the incidental occurred connected Wednesday, October 30, erstwhile a 45-year-old man, identified arsenic Vendi Raju, collapsed adjacent the hospital’s mortuary compound during dense rain. The infirmary and the mortuary are located connected other sides of the road, helium clarified.

“Raju, a erstwhile motortruck operator and present a destitute from Jayaram colony of Gudur mandal, fell successful beforehand of the mortuary gate. Some bystanders noticed him and helped determination him to a adjacent seat successful the unfastened country beside the mortuary. First assistance was provided to him there, aft which helium was shifted to the infirmary for further treatment,” Dr. Srinivas Rao said.

He denied the rumours circulating online, stating that the antheral was ne'er placed wrong the mortuary. “If anyone is kept wrong a mortuary, overnight endurance volition not beryllium imaginable successful specified utmost debased temperatures,” helium said.

Following wide reports, Telangana Director of Medical Education (DME) Dr. A. Narendra Kumar ordered an enquiry into the matter. A three-member committee has been constituted to analyse the incident, comprising Dr. V. Chandra Sekhar, Superintendent of Government General Hospital, Mulugu; Dr. Gopal Rao, Professor and Head of General Surgery, Government General Hospital, Jangaon; and Dr. Sridhara Chary, Professor and Head of Forensic Science, Government Medical College, Siddipet.

Published - November 01, 2025 08:30 p.m. IST

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