A 17-year-old boy from Govandi, who was admitted to JJ Hospital last Friday, died early on Tuesday. His family was handed the body with the cause of death cited as tubercular meningitis. But they were not told that his COVID-19 test results were pending. The test reports came on Tuesday night, when the family had already buried the body. The teenager tested positive for COVID-19. However, the JJ hospital in charge insists he died of TB.

According to doctors at JJ Hospital, the patient was delirious when he was brought on Friday, April 10. By Saturday, the patient, who was diagnosed with brain TB, started complaining of breathlessness, and was shifted to the ICU and put on ventilator. On Monday, because of his worsening condition, the patient's COVID-19 swab test was done and the results were awaited. However, by Tuesday morning he had died.