Online funerals, smaller wakes the ‘new normal’ for mortuary industry

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Cremations, online funerals and wakes with a limited number of attendees to maintain physical distancing will continue to be the “new normal” in the mortuary industry. | jagoncilloINQ

“We have systems in place for attending to mass fatalities but not for a virus that could kill so fast. We were overwhelmed just like hospitals with the number of cases that we had to handle on a daily basis,” he added.

“We are able to convince most families by offering to live feed the [proceedings] which are aired by our staff via Viber or FaceTime video from the crematory window. If the family still insists, we will allow only one family member in the viewing room, provide them with a personal protective equipment suit and ask them to follow hand hygiene before and after entering the viewing room,” Jose said.

For now, the focus of the mortuary industry is to provide a service that a bereaved family needs to move forward. “We have to do something about this moving forward so that they are at least able to gather together and receive their friends and have a fitting memorable service for their loved ones. Otherwise, we are going to have a very big problem with handling grief if we are not able to do that,” he added.

 

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jagoncilloINQ Naku..Wala nang sakla ? Kung iyan ang new normal 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

jagoncilloINQ And they do it live..awesome right? Very graphic and humanitarian.

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