Jalgaon: The world has never witnessed a pandemic like CoronaVirus. This incident from Maharashtra explains it, wherein the body of an 82-year-old Malati Nehete, a coronavirus patient who had gone missing for eight days was found inside the toilet of a civil hospital in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, India. The police have said that a missing complaint was received from the hospital on June 6. The matter is being investigated.

For a full eight days, no hospital staffer had gone to open or clean the cubicle in which Malati’s body was found, let alone look for the elderly woman.

They broke open the door on Wednesday only after patients in the ward who were using the other cubicles in the toilet complained that they could no longer bear the stench.

Late on Wednesday night, five officials of the hospital, including Dean Dr B S Khaire, were suspended. Sanjay Mukherjee, Secretary, Medical Education, said a detailed inquiry had been ordered.