Posted on December 21st, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana
The Galle Additional Magistrate has ordered for the body of a COVID-19 victim to be refrigerated instead of being cremated.
Considering a request made by the relatives of the deceased, the magistrate has ordered the body to be placed in a mortuary refrigerator at the Karapitiya Hospital until the decision of the Committee appointed by the government is out.
The deceased COVID-19 patient is a Muslim father of three residing in Dodugoda, Galle.
While the Coroner of the Karapitiya Hospital Chandrasena Lokuge recommended that the body be cremated as per quarantine laws, the son of the deceased had stated that they will not claim the body if it is cremated.