NEW YORK: Refrigerator trucks parked outside hospital doors, overwhelmed undertakers, and talk about temporary burials in parks: America's ...
NEW YORK: Refrigerator trucks parked outside hospital doors, overwhelmed undertakers, and talk about temporary burials in parks: America's coronavirus epicentre of New York is grappling with how to deal with the dead.
A worker disinfects handrails at the emergency entrance outside the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid"The majority of funeral homes do not have refrigeration or limited refrigeration," said Ken Brewster, owner of Crowe's Funeral Homes in Queens.
"The hospitals are pushing . They want the people picked up and the funeral homes don't have the facilities to handle these bodies," he told AFP. "Trenches will be dug for 10 caskets in a line. It will be done in a dignified, orderly and temporary manner. But it will be tough for NYers to take," tweeted Mark Levine, a Manhattan council representative.
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