Panaji: If a few months ago some chose to hide Covid-19 deaths in the family, some have now changed nails and in a hurry to get such deaths especially to claim Rs 2 Lakh to compensation stated by the Goa Government for every victim of family covid .
As a result, health services on Tuesday added 29 deaths that had occurred between May and December 2021 with cumulative Covid-19 mortality of the country, while a week ago, 94 Covid deaths that have occurred several months have occurred.
With the latest addition, the number of Covid-19 Goa’s death has touched 3,519.
This addition to the number of deaths is not a hospital death, but what has happened at home and has not been certified as Covid-19 death.
The district hospital has processed the claim and provided the doctor who treated the patient in question was the death of Covid-19, Director of Health Services, Dr.
Ira Almeida said.
Following the direction of the Supreme Court, the Goa government has also begun to channel ex-gratia payments of RS 50,000 to the next relative of Covid-19 victims.
Therefore, such a family is eligible to receive total compensation Rs 2.5 lakh if the application is approved.
While getting the death of certified as induced by Covid involves running from the pillar to the post, those who want to claim compensation are willing to do anything.
His right, there is a dispute in which the victim’s family members are given compensation.
Almeida said that in one case of Covid-19 death that took place at home, two siblings had a fight for the distribution of money.
Proving Covid-19 deaths that occur at home are also not easy, because the family retreated economically has experienced.
In this case, the whole family has been tested positive for Covid-19, including a 84-year-old man.
He, however, was treated at home to want a hospital bed and died in 10 days after the virus contract.
The cause of death is associated with a heart attack.
The family is now trying to get a document to prove that the man is indeed a victim of Covid-19.
Almeida said it was not clear whether they could prove their case.
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