With hospitals slammed with a critical level of patients, EMS units in L.A. County are being told not to transport those with a low chance of survival. We just don t have the amount of storage space, we don t have enough embalmers, we don t have enough funeral directors to take care of everyone, said Kimberly Worl, president of Orange County Funeral Directors Association.
Some mortuary and funeral home operators say they are having to turn away bereaved families due to lack of space.
One funeral director says he is advising families who call to find ice to keep bodies chilled until they can be picked up.