Telangana: Man's body taken to hospital on pushcart after ambulance fails to arrive

Hyderabad: The body of young man was taken to the hospital on a lemon pushcart by Telangana police after the ambulance failed to arrive, a viral video that surfaced on social media showed.

The deceased man identified as Mogulayya, 26, was hit by a tipper lorry in Kosgi, Shivaji Chowk, Narayanpet district, when he was riding his two-wheeler towards the bus stand. The incident occurred on Sunday on a busy one-way road. The police said that he was killed on the spot.

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The police who arrived at the scene of accident, called an ambulance to shift his body to Kosgi Government Hospital for post-mortem examination. However, the ambulance did not show up even after repeated calls. The police then decided to deploy a push cart to take him to the hospital, which is half a kilometer away.

Locals expressed outrage saying that proper protocols were not followed and the police were not sensitive enough.

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Narayanpet SP said that the body was taken to the morgue to avoid ‘chaos’.

“We are investigating the circumstances. Due to heavy market crowd and one-way road, it became difficult for an ambulance to arrive quickly. To prevent further chaos, the body was moved on a pushcart,” he said.