A video taken by a random person shows the moment when several workers, dressed from head to toe in protective equipment, withdraw when they realize that the man is still alive. Since then, the footage has gone viral on Chinese social media, causing horror and outrage.
A video released Sunday shows the head of a nursing home man emerging from a yellow corpse bag as workers pick it up from a vehicle.
The man who shot the video, apparently from a nearby building, can be heard saying, “It’s such a mess in the nursing home. They sent a living man to a hearse and said he was dead. The gravedigger’s staff said they were still moving … It’s irresponsible, really irresponsible. “
In the Chinese platform Weibo, similar to Twitter, many expressed disbelief that such a serious mistake could happen – especially in Shanghai, which has long been considered the most progressive and modern city in China.
“The problems in Shanghai are fully revealed this time,” reads a popular comment on Weibo.
“This is considered premeditated murder,” wrote another user.
Many others suggested that the man could have been buried or cremated if he had not been found alive. “The government doesn’t care … what’s going on in Shanghai?” one comment read.
The district government responded to the incident on Monday, saying in a statement that the elderly man is now in stable condition.
Three employees have been removed from the regional bureau for civil affairs and the social development service, and the head of the nursing home has also been removed, the statement said.
Authorities also revoked the certificate of a doctor who was involved and is currently under investigation, according to the state-run Global Times.
The financial center has been battling an outbreak of Covid-19 cases since early March and has now been under blockade across the city since March 31. It has become the center of a wider outbreak in China, with cases increasing and blocking measures being introduced in many cities.
For weeks, the blockade has banned almost all 25 million people from leaving their homes or housing estates – causing logistical chaos, with many complaining that they do not have access to basic goods such as food, water, health products and even emergency medical care. outside Covid.
Authorities said last week that some neighborhoods could begin easing blockades if they did not report incidents in the past two weeks, allowing some neighborhoods to have a measure of freedom in their area.
As of Tuesday, more than 8.2 million Shanghai residents are still barred from leaving their homes.
Meanwhile, the number is increasing in the national capital, Beijing, where schools and other public places such as libraries and shopping malls have been closed. More than 20 million residents will go through three more rounds of mass testing this week, in addition to several rounds conducted last week, authorities said Monday.
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