Death certificates for people who died at home or in a hospital within 30 days of a positive Covid-19 test and for people who continued to be treated for infectious disease in hospitals after 30 days, but who died later, will show the cause of his death as Covid- 19, the Center reported to the Supreme Court in an affidavit.
The new rules are part of the simplified regulations issued jointly by the ministry of family health and welfare and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) on September 3 following the Supreme Court ruling ordering the Center to consider expanding the range of deaths by Covid-19. to those people who were initially admitted for viral illness but who later died due to related complications.
Presenting the guidelines to the court on two petitions filed by defenders Gaurav Kumar Bansal and Reepak Kansal, which are expected to be heard on Monday, the Center said: “COVID-19 cases, for the purposes of these Guidelines, are those that they are diagnosed through a positive or clinically determined RT-PCR / Molecular tests / RAT by means of investigations in a hospital / hospital by a doctor in treatment, while they are admitted to the hospital / hospital ”.
To make the scope broader and more inclusive, the affidavit, presented by Interior Secretary Govind Mohan of the Interior Ministry, said: “Deaths that occur within 30 days from the date of the trial or from the date of being clinically determined as a COVID-19 case, will be treated as “deaths from COVID-19, even if the death occurs outside the hospital / hospitalization.”
He added: “A COVID-19 case, as long as you were admitted to the hospital / hospital center, and continued the same admission for more than 30 days and died later, will be treated as a death by COVID-19.”
The guidelines excluded deaths from poisoning, suicide, homicide, and deaths from an accident in the realm of the deadly victims of Covid-19, even if the deaths were positive for Covid-19.
The affidavit stated that any death in which the medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) according to Covid-19 has been issued by a medical or health care assistant or owner of a place for the disposal of corpses according to section 10 of the Birth and Death Registration Act In 1969 he will be treated as a mortal due to infectious disease. In this regard, the Office of the General Registrar of India has issued a communication to the registers in none of the States and territories of the Union.
In the event that the relatives of the deceased are not satisfied with the cause of death indicated in MCCD, the corresponding state / UT will submit its request to a four-member committee that will verify and issue corrective instructions, including the issuance of the official document for the death of Covid-19 within 30 days of the submission of the application.