Hospital mistakenly buries wrong body after mix-up

A shocking mix-up at Mustafa Kemal University Training and Research Hospital in Antakya has led to an elderly man being mistakenly buried by the wrong family. The family of 81-year-old Yusuf Kırlangıç arrived at the hospital morgue to collect his body after he passed away from a heart attack.

Upon opening the body bag to prepare for their farewell, the Kırlangıç family was horrified to discover that the deceased was not their father. They were informed that the body had already been released to another family and buried in the Erzin district. It was revealed that the other family, believing it to be their relative, had taken Kırlangıç's body and proceeded with the burial.

Mahmut Kırlangıç, a son of the deceased, expressed his anguish and disbelief. "When we looked at the body for the last time, my brother's teeth were pearly white, but the man in the body we received had no teeth," he recounted, highlighting a stark difference that should have been noticed. He questioned how a family could not recognize their own relative, especially when the name on the body bag was clearly visible.

The Kırlangıç family has stated their intention to file a complaint against the hospital, citing negligence and a failure to adhere to proper procedures. "Officials did not follow procedures; they gave the body to the family without comparing it to the death certificate," said Servet Kırlangıç, another son. The family is demanding accountability for the emotional distress and the ordeal of having to retrieve their father's body after it was wrongly interred.