Parents carry children for 15 kms to nearest hospital in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli, refuse post mortem

The children aged 6 years and 3-and-half years fell ill in their house in Pattigaon in Aheri taluka.

Doctors at the PHC declared them dead on arrival.

A medico-legal case has been registered in connection with the death of two children in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, a health official said on Thursday.

The children aged 6 years and 3-and-half years fell ill in their house in Pattigaon in Aheri taluka on September 4 and their parents took them by foot to Jamilgatta primary health centre some 15 kilometres away, he said.

Doctors at the PHC declared them dead on arrival, after which the couple took their bodies back to their village without heeding requests for post mortem, the official said.

“After a medico-legal case was registered, the bodies of the two children have been sent for post mortem. We are awaiting the reports. The bodies will be handed back to the parents after the procedure,” he added.

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