Social workers helped a poor woman cremate her 34-year-old son who died in the District Hospital in Belagavi on Saturday.
Vishwanath Gurakkanavar of Marakumbi village, who was admitted to the District Hospital a few days ago, died on Saturday.
His 60-year-old mother, Neelavva Gurakkanavar, pleaded with doctors and officers at the hospital that she had no money for the final rites.