The body parts were released by the TU Teaching Hospital´s postmortem team following positive identification by the family members. [break]
Body parts of three other Nepali victims -- Ashamari Rai, Ishwari Rijal and Pemba Norbu Sherpa -- and six foreign nationals are yet to be identified.
A team of DNA experts from USA will reportedly land in Nepal by Friday to conduct necessary tests on the body part samples of six foreign nationals and hopefully on the Nepali victims too.
The process of identifying the small disfigured body parts of the deceased has remained difficult for the doctors as well as the family members.
The postmortem team led by Dr Harihar Wasti had handed over the body parts based on ´credible´ identification by the family members concerned.
The postmortem team provided the identified body parts wrapped in coffins to the family members. The doctors had advised the family members to perform cremation with soil or ash collected from the crash site if the later failed to duly identify the body parts.
Family members of Rijal had taken his shoe with which to cremate while Rai´s family found her pant for the same purpose. Dr Wasti said the family members assuaged themselves with belongings whatever of the victims after being unable to identify body parts.
Body parts airlifted from the crash site are amassed at the postmortem department. Out of body parts collected in 17 bags by the rescue team, the postmortem team has segregated around 140 pieces for necessary investigation.
“Even the DNA test could not give out cent percent results as it is unsure whether or not the collected body parts include those of all 14 persons on board. And, it also depends on how many pieces the DNA experts will chose as samples,” said a doctor.
Only the blood-based DNA test is possible at TUTH, the single facility of its kind in Nepal so far. For DNA tests on bone and flesh, the samples need to be sent abroad.
“As the USA experts are coming here to conduct tests on the body parts of foreign nationals, we will also request them to take over the body parts of local victims,” said Dr Wasti.
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