National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of the Haryana Government in connection with a media report of a dead body nibbled by rats in the mortuary of Narwana Civil Hospital in Jind, Haryana.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the incident, the Commission has called for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.
The Commission observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of human rights.
According to a media report from 12th of November, the hospital authorities have claimed that they have complained to the concerned company for repairing the freezer of the mortuary, but it has not taken any action.
However, a mesh has been installed in the freezer of the mortuary as a temporary measure to check rats’ entry into it.
