Ministry of Health holds hospital responsible for 'transporting corpses by motorbike' case

On the afternoon of September 15, the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment requested the leaders of the Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital of Son La province to determine responsibility in the case of the brother transporting his sister's body on a motorbike.

The Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management (Ministry of Health) requested the Director of the Son La Department of Health to clearly define the hospital's responsibility in the incident of "transporting a corpse on a motorbike". According to Circular 43, the hospital is responsible for organizingThe organization visits patients and relatives to grasp the patient's health and circumstances, determine the level and have a plan to support psychologically and socially... Therefore, nIf any group or individual has committed any violations in the incident, the Son La Department of Health must strictly handle them and report to the Department before September 23.

On September 12, a photo of a man riding a motorbike carrying a body wrapped in a mat with purple legs sticking out went viral on social media. The man’s name was Lo Van Muon, and he was carrying the body of his younger sister, Lo Thi Phanh, who died on her way home from the hospital.

According to Dr. Luong Van Tuan, Director of the Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital of Son La province, Ms. Phanh was admitted to the hospital on August 28 with a diagnosis of exhaustion on a suspected HIV infection. On September 12, Mr. Muon sent a request to the hospital leadership asking to take Phanh home. When she was discharged from the hospital, the doctor examined Ms. Phanh, her vital signs were normal and she was healthy. The brother said that on the way home, when he stopped to refuel, his sister had difficulty breathing, gradually fainted and died. He asked people to buy mats to wrap her body, put her on his motorbike and continued to take her home.

On the afternoon of September 15, representatives of Son La Tuberculosis and Lung Hospital visited the patient's home to pay their respects and offer condolences to the family.According to hospital regulations, when a patient dies in the hospital, the body will be transferred to the mortuary. Normally, the burial is carried out by the patient's family. If the deceased has an infectious disease, the body must be disinfected and embalmed by the mortuary staff.

According to VNE