Not informed of father's death due to Covid-19, alleges man; hospital denies

Family members of an elderly man

who tested positive for Covid-19 and died last week in a Kolkata hospital on Thursday alleged that they were not informed of his demise even three days after his body was cremated by the local administration.

Authorities of the MR Bangur Hospital where he was undergoing treatment, however, claimed that the family members, who were on institutional quarantine, have been informed.

A health department official said the matter would be investigated.

The septuagenarian from Keshab Chandra Sen Street in central Kolkata was admitted to the male isolation ward of the MR Bangur Hospital on April 29 and he died on May 2. The body was cremated on the same day, sources in the hospital said.

The man's wife, two sons and a daughter-in-law were sent for quarantine in Rajarhat. Neither they nor his another son staying in Barrackpore were contacted by the hospital after his death, alleged his youngest son Arijit Sen.

"Since we are in the quarantine centre .