It seems to be a never-ending ordeal for Charkop-based Sawant family, thanks to alleged mismanagement by the BMC in treating 41-year-old Rajeshwari Sawant, whose husband alleges she died because of the civic body’s negligence and delay in issuing her test results. More shocking is that the report, which the family got on April 15, mentions that the swab sample was collected on Thursday - a day after she died.

The lab, which processed the sample, claims that it might have been a mistake on their part as currently they are extremely burdened. In its report on Friday — ‘No Remdesivir due to delayed test results, woman dies’ — mid-day had reported about the ordeal of Rajeshwari, who was first admitted to the BKC jumbo COVID centre on April 10 but was later shifted to a private hospital in Malad by her husband Rajesh. The doctors who discharged her had given a summary report, which had a handwritten note saying that she was COVID-19 positive. However, on April 14 when she needed a Remdesivir injection, the doctors at the hospital said that it could not be given based on a letter that just says that she was a suspected COVID patient and that the test results were necessary. Rajeshwari died the same day and her test report had not arrived by then.