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Some additional details from other local sources. Details are scarce, so... sorry, but I think I can add a couple of things to the linked article. The UME (Mil
by genezeta 7y ago
Some additional details from other local sources. Details are scarce, so... sorry, but I think I can add a couple of things to the linked article.
The UME (Military Emergency Unit) has been disinfecting retirement homes for some days now (about a week IIRC). Initially they were only allowed to do this, disinfestation, and it was the homes' responsibility to "ask for help" on anything else when needed, and some didn't.
The news referred to in the article is that "at least 2" undeclared dead people have been found by the UME and also a number of cases of abandonment. Besides these "at least 2", there have been some other deaths but, generally, they have been declared. (What I know from friends: Most homes have secluded people in their rooms and many are understaffed to check on them frequently enough.)
A related problem seems to be that funeral services are overwhelmed: they don't have enough space to store the bodies, and they do not have protective gear to deal with the bodies correctly (added note, see below comment). This has led to an announcement yesterday that a local ice-skating ring is being arranged to store those bodies temporarily while they wait to be disposed of.
- alfonsodev 7y agoFuneral services rejected to get bodies with covid-19 because the lack of materials to deal with it properly, and therefore it would be irresponsable. Not saying they might not be overwhelmed as well.
- genezeta 7y agoYes, you're right. I forgot that part. There's both things: They do not have enough space and they do not have protective gear to deal with the bodies correctly. I updated my comment. Thanks.
- yomly 7y agoA friend working in the hospitals in Paris intimated that the morgues are full and portable freezers are now being used to store all the dead...
- curiousigor 7y agoAre the funeral services keeping the bodies on ice because they want them buried or because they're waiting for them to be cremated? In this situation, where bodies are piling up, I'd understand the latter, but not the first. Then again (pardon my ignorance), I'm not from Spain so no idea what what the cultural thing in regards to funerals there is...
- genezeta 7y agoYes, it's just temporary storage while they wait to be cremated. Culturally I guess most people are buried, not cremated, and usually this takes two, three days or so. I do not really know how common is cremation in general, but I'd guess it's not the most common option -in normal circumstances-.
- curiousigor 7y agoYeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the reply :)