19th October 1999

I had been waiting in the mortuary since half past five in the morning but none of the officials, such as doctors or police came till nine. A doctor arrived at the hospital and started her clinic, as there were lots of patients waiting. We approached the Doctor to obtain speedy release of the body, but she said that we would have to wait until the coroner arrived. Moreover she said that they had to adhere to the rules and will have to check all the inner body parts for examination. When we opposed she told us that "he will not come back alive". Is this the way a should talk to anyone and that too someone who had just lost a son.



Even though we had arranged a taxi to bring the Police inspector to the hospital, he was not there. At around 10:30 AM a police constable arrived. At 11:15 the inspector came, while the coroners asked us to provide them with the necessary tools.

The post-mortem started with the lady doctor standing outside the mortuary shouting out instructions to the coroners. She kept spitting insulting us. Is this what she learner at medical school?