Ludhiana, Dec. 23 -- An FIR has been registered against the management and staff of Orison Hospital on Barewal Road for alleged medical negligence after the facility reportedly mixed up the bodies of two women who died on the same day, leading to one of them being cremated by the wrong family.

The allegations of serious lapses in mortuary management have surfaced following the incident, which came to light on Monday morning.

The FIR, under Sections 305 (theft), 314 (dishonest misappropriation of movable property) and 316 (2) (criminal breach of trust) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), was lodged on Monday evening at Sarabha Nagar police station on the complaint of Jaswant Singh Sandhu, husband of the 72-year-old deceased woman whose...