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Dr Simon Hercules died on April 20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On April 20, Dr Simon Hercules, a neurosurgeon who was treating coronavirus patients in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, died after contracting the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Far from getting a proper burial, his family and friends were beaten up while trying to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Hercules’ friends and family were attacked on Sunday night when they took his body to a burial ground in Chennai (formerly Madras).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of his friends had to quietly bury him in the early hours of Monday without any family members present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the neurosurgeon “didn’t deserve this end”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He was not shown even basic humanity. Even his wife and son couldn’t be there to say goodbye,” Dr Pradeep told the News Minute website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local media reported that a mob of about 20 people attacked Dr Hercules’ friends and family with sticks and rods. Two ambulance drivers were also injured in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said the people lived near the burial ground and were worried that burying Covid-19 patients in the vicinity would spread the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Pradeep said that Dr Hercules continued to serve during the pandemic instead of staying home, and he most likely got the infection from one of his patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tamil Nadu state Health Minister C Vijayabaskar condemned the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What happened to that doctor is condemnable. Such things should not happen in the future,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts have said that people need to be more aware about the burial rules for Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The federal health ministry guidelines say that burying the bodies of coronavirus victims is safe if all precautions are followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include instructions for how bodies should be handled and disposed off. It also defines what kind of rituals can be carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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