Kolkata: The authorities of a state-run hospital here on Tuesday ordered an investigation following a complaint that the eyes of a body kept in the morgue were missing when it was handed over to the family, officials said.

Sambhunath Das, 69, had suffered head injuries after falling on the road on Sunday. He was declared dead on arrival at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

"When the body was handed over to us after the post- mortem examination, we found that my father's eyes were missing. When we enquired, some employees of the morgue said his eyes were gouged out by rats," said Sushanta, the son of the deceased.

He informed the matter in writing to the authorities that set up a three-member panel to look into the matter, hospital officials said.

The issue had created a commotion at the hospital premises as Sushanta demanded an explanation from the authorities on Monday.

Hyderabad: The Telangana state government has disbursed Rs 560 crore to private hospitals and nursing homes as part of the Aarogyasri Healthcare Scheme dues following which the latter have decided to call of the strike.

The Telangana Aarogyasri Hospitals Association and Telangana Super Speciality Hospitals Association have agreed to take in patients from Wednesday.

The amount due from the government to these hospitals is Rs 490 cores.

Health minister Etala Rajender said, “We will release amounts every month to small hospitals so that they can continue the scheme without any pending bills. There is also a necessity felt to review the MoUs which was signed by hospitals in 2007 and 2012.” The load on government hospitals increased as the private hospitals were not admitting patients insisting that the government first clear the dues. For the first time, private hospitals abstained from taking patients for five days at a stretch.