New Delhi: Supreme court approved the Standard Operating Procedure agreed by the Center on Friday and Parsiya The community that Parsi Parsi will allow for the traditional burial of Covid-19 victims, and, will allay the government’s concern about containing the spread of the virus.
was hearing an appeal filed by the court Surat Parsi Panchayat Board Challenging the July 23 order of the Gujarat High Court, which had refused to allow the community to perform the rituals following the COVID protocol.
The agreed protocol was drawn up after discussions between community representatives and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was asked by the court to find an amicable solution. Senior Advocate at the beginning of the hearing Fali S Nariman Told the bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and cut the sun That the matter has been resolved amicably with the help of the Solicitor General and the Court may dispose of the matter after taking the agreed SOP on record.
As per the SOP, only Dokhma No. 3 (well and platform in Tower of Silence) will be used for the bodies of Parsi COVID victims; The bodies of non-Covid victims will be kept in another dokhmas, The community also agreed to install a metal bird net over Dokhma No. 3 at the earliest so that the birds, which can become carriers of the virus, do not come into contact with the body.
It said the bodies would be brought to the funeral parlor Tower of Silence Complex and will be controlled only by nasslars (professional corpse holders employed by panchayats). The dead body holders will be thoroughly vaccinated and their temperature will be duly recorded before each funeral.
The SOP says that neither relatives nor friends will be allowed to touch the body and it will be ensured that they always stay more than 10 feet apart.
When handling the body of a COVID victim, nasasolars will “at all times wear … PPE kits, gloves, face shields and N-95 masks” and will be made aware of government regulations regarding handling of bodies of COVID victims and will be will be warned. The SOP document says.
The dead body will be brought from the mortuary or home by the nurses to the Tower of Silence complex in a body bag, which will not be opened, but as per the extant guidelines, the face of the deceased will be allowed to be seen from a distance. At least 10 feet by the family. For this, only the face cover of the body bag will be unzipped.
The last funeral prayer i.e. “Gehsarna” (or Pedast) ceremony (which is the text of the first saga handed down by Prophet Zarathustra) will be performed by two Zoroastrian Zoroastrian priests wearing N-95 masks over the body. Gloves, which will stand at a distance of 10 feet from the body, says the SOP.
Relatives attending the Gehsarna (born) ceremony will wear face masks and follow other guidelines laid down by the government and sit at least 10 feet away from the body and only family members will be allowed.
It states that religious rituals such as reading religious texts, sprinkling holy water and any other funeral rites do not require touching of the body.
was hearing an appeal filed by the court Surat Parsi Panchayat Board Challenging the July 23 order of the Gujarat High Court, which had refused to allow the community to perform the rituals following the COVID protocol.
The agreed protocol was drawn up after discussions between community representatives and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was asked by the court to find an amicable solution. Senior Advocate at the beginning of the hearing Fali S Nariman Told the bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and cut the sun That the matter has been resolved amicably with the help of the Solicitor General and the Court may dispose of the matter after taking the agreed SOP on record.
As per the SOP, only Dokhma No. 3 (well and platform in Tower of Silence) will be used for the bodies of Parsi COVID victims; The bodies of non-Covid victims will be kept in another dokhmas, The community also agreed to install a metal bird net over Dokhma No. 3 at the earliest so that the birds, which can become carriers of the virus, do not come into contact with the body.
It said the bodies would be brought to the funeral parlor Tower of Silence Complex and will be controlled only by nasslars (professional corpse holders employed by panchayats). The dead body holders will be thoroughly vaccinated and their temperature will be duly recorded before each funeral.
The SOP says that neither relatives nor friends will be allowed to touch the body and it will be ensured that they always stay more than 10 feet apart.
When handling the body of a COVID victim, nasasolars will “at all times wear … PPE kits, gloves, face shields and N-95 masks” and will be made aware of government regulations regarding handling of bodies of COVID victims and will be will be warned. The SOP document says.
The dead body will be brought from the mortuary or home by the nurses to the Tower of Silence complex in a body bag, which will not be opened, but as per the extant guidelines, the face of the deceased will be allowed to be seen from a distance. At least 10 feet by the family. For this, only the face cover of the body bag will be unzipped.
The last funeral prayer i.e. “Gehsarna” (or Pedast) ceremony (which is the text of the first saga handed down by Prophet Zarathustra) will be performed by two Zoroastrian Zoroastrian priests wearing N-95 masks over the body. Gloves, which will stand at a distance of 10 feet from the body, says the SOP.
Relatives attending the Gehsarna (born) ceremony will wear face masks and follow other guidelines laid down by the government and sit at least 10 feet away from the body and only family members will be allowed.
It states that religious rituals such as reading religious texts, sprinkling holy water and any other funeral rites do not require touching of the body.
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