IGMH nurse’s body sent to India for postmortem

The Filipino couple, Mary Grace (L) and Marvin (R) worked as nurses at IGMH.

Maldivian police have sent the body of a Filipino nurse at Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), whose death in October was initially believed to be a suicide, to neighboring India for a postmortem examination.

A police spokesperson said the body was sent to India for a postmortem examination on Monday.

The death of Mary Grace on October 19 was initially reported as a case of suicide by hanging.

However, the police arrested her husband, Marvin, 29, in connection to death on October 27.

He is also a Philippines national, and worked with Mary Grance as a nurse at IGMH.

He took her body to IGMH on an ambulance moments after he left home for his break.

According to a credible source, the husband told the hospital staff that his wife committed suicide by hanging herself, and then later changed his story said that she suddenly collapsed.

The police found the death suspicious, and opened an investigation into the case.

Police have confiscated the mobile phone of another nurse at IGMH – a Maldivian woman who Marvin was allegedly having an affair with – for their investigation into the death.