Coronavirus: Hong Kong public hospitals to use refrigerated containers to store dead bodies ‘if situation demands’ as mortuaries run out of space
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Feb 28 2022 at 6:46 AM GMT
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- Public hospitals in Hong Kong are planning to use refrigerated containers to store dead bodies, the Post has learned, as rising Covid-19 deaths have pushed the city’s mortuaries to near full capacity.
- A public hospital source said on Monday that the measure was a contingency plan, and it would come into effect “if the situation demanded”.
- The source did not elaborate further on what circumstances such containers would be used under.
- The source added that the Hospital Authority was already working….
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- Published Feb 28, 2022 6:46 AM GMT