Blood samples from relatives of missing persons in Nepal floods collected

Blood samples from relatives of missing persons in Nepal floods collected

Blood samples from 23 relatives of missing persons in Nepal floods collected for DNA testing at Thanjavur Medical College.

Nepal floods: DNA testing offers last hope to families searching for missing loved ones

Nepal faces a significant challenge identifying flood victims after devastating floods. Authorities are relying on DNA testing to identify hundreds of recovered bodies. Families await results to confirm the fate of their missing loved ones. The process is time-consuming, with many samples awaiting analysis. DNA identification offers a crucial path to closure and performing final rites.

Nepal floods: They stopped hoping he was alive. Then they found a hand

Raj Kumar Diyali, his wife and young son went missing in Nepal's Bhotekoshi flood. His brother is now waiting on a DNA test after finding a hand downstream.

Hopes dim near 'wall of the missing' in Nepal

KATHMANDU — Sati Sigdel makes daily visits to a hospital wall in Kathmandu blanketed in hundreds of photographs, some of missing relatives, others of retrieved bodies yet to be identified, in desperate hopes of finding news of her cousin.

Malaysia sends families’ DNA samples to Nepal to help identify 55 missing Malaysians, says Tok Mat

SEREMBAN, Sept 5 — All DNA samples from the next-of-kin of 55 Malaysians still unaccounted for following floods and landslides in Nepal have been obtained, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.He said the samples would be sent to Nepal for the authorities there to conduct DNA matching, a process expected to take some time given the large number of victims involved.Mohamad said Malaysia was also prepared to send experts from the Departm…

DNA samples from Nepal flood victims’ families taken, says minister

Mohamad Hasan says the matching process will take a lot of time given the large number of victims involved.