The service would be known as 'Free Hearse Service' and it will be launched by Health Minister C Laxma Reddy at the state-run Gandhi hospital here.
The service would prevent incidents that came to light in recent times like a husband carrying body of his wife on his shoulder or a man carrying corpse of his wife on a push cart, a state government statement said.
The plan to launch the service, intended to help poor who lack money to transport bodies of their dear ones to their homes from a major state-run hospital, was prepared long ago and it is being implemented now, it stated.
GVK Group, which manages the popular 108 emergency vehicles, would manage the 'hearse service' as well.
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