Company creates cardboard hospital bed that also serves as a coffin

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The beds, which can hold up to 330 pounds and cost just $85, were designed and created with the help of a nearby clinic.

So far, there is no indication that clinics and hospitals will use the beds. But Gómez said he plans to donate 10 of those beds to Colombia's Amazonas department, where resources are in short supply.

As of May 15, Colombia has reported more than 13,000 cases of COVID-19 and 525 deaths, Meanwhile in neighboring Ecuador, the toll is much higher as authorities there have reported 30,502 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus that has claimed 2,338 lives since March, according to theIn Peru, there have been more than 80,000 reported cases of COVID-19, resulting in 2,267 deaths.

Overall, there have been over 4.4 million cases of coronavirus worldwide and more than 303,000 deaths. The U.S. leads with more than 1.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 85,000 deaths. Last month, authorities in New York City, the epicenter of the new coronavirus in the U.S., were storing bodies of dead COVID-19 patients in refrigerator trucks until they could be buried or released to families.

In some cases, hundreds of unclaimed bodies were buried on Hart Island, located off the coast from the Bronx, according to an

 

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So if they put you on a bed made of cardboard... good luck! 😄

Very handy.

Greenies should love this!

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