TN govt forms committee to probe discrepancies in reporting COVID-19 deaths
Queried about the reports of unreported Covid-related deaths, health department officials said the process of reconciliation of the numbers with other government agencies like the Greater Chennai Corporation has begun.
By : migrator
Update: 2020-06-10 14:13 GMT
Chennai
Officials said the difference in numbers may be due to communication gap between the different agencies.
The Health Department has been announcing the death of Covid-19 patients who were admitted in hospitals - government and private.
Following claims of discrepancies reportedly in the register of COVID-19 deaths of Greater Chennai Corporation and state government's health authorities, Beela Rajesh said a 'reconciliation committee' has been set up comprising doctors from Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services and Directorate of Medical Education and the city corporation to look into the matter.
Following reconciliation, the figures will be made available, she said. Also, the reconciliation initiative comes in the wake of a complaint by an NGO to the government claiming that three COVID-19 deaths were so far not reported by health department.
(With inputs from IANS)
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