Coronavirus: Indian doctor fights to get mother’s body from China

Coronavirus: Indian doctor fights to get mother’s body from China

The body is currently at the morgue of Henan province.. In a tragic turn of events, a Mumbai-based dentist is struggling to get back his deceased mother's body from coronavirus-hit China so that the family can perform her last rites.. Tragedy struck 35-year-old Puneet Mehra who was flying back to Mumbai from Australia with his 63-year-old mother Rita Mehra when she died of a heart attack mid-air.. The Air China flight made an emergency landing at Zhengzhou Airport and the body was taken to a morgue there.. ( Coronavirus: Everything you need to know about the Covid-19 Wuhan virus outbreak). The incident happened three weeks ago, just days after China imposed a fierce lockdown in major cities in a bid to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus.. While Dr Mehra flew back to India, his mother's body is still in China hospital morgue for 24 days now.. I have written to the PM, the President and the External Affairs Minister's office but there is still no sign of my mother and we don't know when she will be brought back " Dr Mehra was quoted as saying in NDTV .. The family hopes that the body is brought back