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Bowring Hospital to Collect DNA from Kin of Missing Persons
A flood disaster caused many people to go missing in Nepal and nearby areas.
Some recovered bodies cannot be identified from photographs alone.
Karnataka will collect DNA from close family members of missing residents.
Parents, children and spouses can provide these samples.
They must bring identification, a recent photograph and proof that they are related.
Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bengaluru will organize the process.
The samples will be tested at Karnataka’s forensic laboratory.
The results will be shared with Nepal to help identify bodies and return them to families.
Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bengaluru has been designated as Karnataka’s DNA collection centre.
Samples will be collected from first-degree relatives of people missing after flash floods in Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Parents, children and spouses must bring photographs, identity documents and proof of relationship.
Verified samples will be sent to Karnataka’s State Forensic Science Laboratory and shared with Nepalese authorities.
About 13 people from Karnataka remain untraced, while Nepal reported 1,282 deaths and more than 4,700 missing people.
- Who
- The Karnataka government, Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, and first-degree relatives of missing Karnataka residents are involved.
- What
- DNA samples will be collected to help identify bodies recovered after floods in Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Where
- DNA collection will take place at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- When
- The announcement was made on Friday; the floods were triggered on August 26.
- Why
- The samples are needed to identify bodies that cannot be identified through photographs or other available details and to help return them to relatives.
Key facts
- DNA collection centre
- Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bengaluru
- Eligible relatives
- Parents, children and spouses of missing persons
- Required documents
- Recent passport-size photograph, government-issued identity document and proof of relationship
- Testing facility
- State Forensic Science Laboratory
- People from Karnataka untraced
- About 13
- Nepal disaster figures
- 1,282 deaths and more than 4,700 missing people reported on Friday
- Flood trigger
- An ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26
Sources
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