Covid victim cremated after snubs
published : 3 May 2021 at 04:30
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Chachoengsao: The body of a 76-year-old woman who died of Covid-19 on Saturday was finally cremated yesterday, after four temples refused to cremate her remains out of concern about possible contagion.
Authorities brought the body from Phuttasothorn Hospital to be cremated at Wat Udommongkol in tambon Thakai, Muang district yesterday. She was the second person to die from Covid-19 in the eastern province.
The temple s abbot, Phra Khru Wichit Sorakhun Theerathammo, was contacted by the Office of Buddhism in Chachoengsao and the chairman of tambon Thakai s public health volunteers unit to help organise a funeral for the 76-year-old and cremate her remains.