On Tuesday night, anaborted foetus, half-eaten by a cat, was found at KEM hospital after which the police has registered an accidental death report.

The aborted foetus was wrapped for disposal and placed inside a separate unit at the biomedical waste unit, according to senior doctors at the hospital.A doctor said that the hospital staff left the door open and the smell of the foetus must have attracted the cat. Hospital staff later spotted the cat near the staff quarters on Tuesday night, where it had dragged the foetus from the biomedical waste section. The biomedical waste unit is near the hospital’s mortuary. The foetus, two to three months old, was sent for forensic analysis and the DNA was preserved for identification. The cat had nibbled at it and they found the foetus without the head.

The biomedical waste unit houses human tissue, organs, blood and amputated parts that are processed and disposed of separately from regular hospital waste. The Brihan mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a notice to the waste collection organization for not collecting biomedical waste from the hospital every day. Senior officials also said that the foetus was kept wrapped for many days resulting in a foul smell that attracted the cat.

Source: The Indian Express