Dr Dinesh Rao, head of forensic medicine in Oxford Medical College, carried out Bengaluru’s first autopsy on a 60-year-old male Covid victim, on Wednesday found that 15 hours after the Covid-infected patient’s death no trace of the virus on the skin of the face, neck, or internal organs like the respiratory passage and lungs was found. However, RT-PCR test found the virus exists in the nose and throat.
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The lungs which is a soft sponge ball nature has turned to be like a leather ball. The lungs weighed 2.1kg in contrary to the normally weight of about 600-700 gm. There were blood clots and the doctor was shocked to see what the virus had done to the lungs. The report shows the virus strain in India is different from other parts of the world. Dr. Dinesh said, These findings will soon be published in a scientific journal, though a lot more research is needed to understand the disease better and reduce fatality rate.
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While answering a question about whether a person can touch the victims body, doctor said though virus appears to die, there is a rampant bacterial infection, and more research is needed in this area. The study of internal changes in the human body by the diseases like plague, malaria, HIV, ebola and other diseases allows doctors to understand it clinically, and helps in providing a better treatment to the patient. Dr. Dinesh in a completely packed PPE kit, carried out the autopsy alone.
