In Guayaquil 100 bodies are collected daily.
From March 23, 2020 to April 4, the Task Force, with the Criminalistics of the National Police, has carried out the lifting of 1,350 bodies in Guayaquil and in order to give them a last more dignified goodbye, cardboard coffins will be used due to the number of deaths that are collected daily.
Jorge Wated, in charge of coordinating that Board, points out that they started collecting 30 and now they raise more than 100 bodies per day, although there is no data on how many of them died from the coronavirus.
These figures do not include the work carried out by private funeral homes in the Main Port, where there has been a collapse of funeral services since March 23 due to the health emergency.
In an interview for a media outlet, Wated indicated that if all the deceased in Guayaquil are added together, that figure already exceeds the number of deaths that were recorded in the Manabí and Esmeraldas earthquake.
He said that both in Guayaquil and in the Guayas province, before the Junta began to function, the bodies were buried in covers under technical regulations.
He maintained that with the operation of the Task Force cardboard coffins have been obtained, in order that the bodies are covered because otherwise the cemetery does not receive them.
He said that coffins are being made in different parts of the country given the situation, but that in the case of Guayaquil, as there is a deficit, one of «cardboard is more worthy than throwing them in a bag or burying them with nothing.»
He pointed out that the State does not have the resources to acquire wooden coffins and that they have obtained a donation that is very different from that of the Municipality of Guayaquil.
He clarified that a grave has not been opened in any land and that they are being buried one by one, using all the rules established by law.
He mentioned that with this new mechanism 150 burials have already been carried out and it is expected this Monday, April 6, to meet 50 more to start from Tuesday at 100 in 100.
With this new agency created for the emergency, he reiterated that the collection capacity increased and that it is addressed as soon as possible through 911 and the Whatssap system.
“Every death is different, they have to pack the corpse, pick it up and carry it. Issue the death certificate and give a copy to the family. This takes time, sometimes it’s time to go upstairs, sometimes it’s on the street. It can take up to 30 minutes, «he said, adding that they will have an exact number when all the bodies are buried because the information is checked against the Health, Criminalistics and Charity Board system.
According to his projection, probably 2,500 to 3,500 people would die of COVID-19 in the next three months.
Source: El Comercio, social networks
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