Shanghai disciplines 6 people in the case of sending the living to the morgue

Putuo District Government, City Shanghai, on May 2 confirmed the incident and announced an investigation. Hours later, they said four officers, a director of the nursing home and a doctor had been dismissed or reprimanded, according to South China Morning Post.

The incident that happened on the afternoon of May 1 has sparked a wave of anger from the public after many videos were shared widely on social media. social network China. Video shows two men who appear to be morgue employees handling a yellow body bag outside an aged care center in Changzheng township in Putuo district.

Image from the video shows morgue staff discovering the person lying in the body bag is still alive. video screen capture

The two men opened the bag in front of a center employee and confirmed that the person inside was still alive. Center staff then checked vitals and closed the bag, despite protests from others who feared the patient would suffocate.

According to the video, the employee returned to the center to discuss with two people wearing white protective suits before the elderly patient was brought back to the center on a stretcher.

The incident has shocked many people in Shanghai, while the city has been going for more than a month lockdown city ​​and local authorities have a hard time pursuing policy “zero-Covid“.

According to a notice by the Putuo district government on the afternoon of May 2, the head of the district’s civil affairs department was reprimanded and is awaiting further investigation. This deputy, as well as two people in charge of the district’s elderly work and an official in Truong Chinh town, have been dismissed. In addition, the aforementioned hospital director and a doctor in charge have been stripped of their license to practice and continue to be investigated.