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The director of the San jose hospitalLuis Escobar confirmed that the photos circulating on social networks with corpses of deceased in the assistance center they were actually taken at the morgue on the premises.
The images were released on Thursday night by various internet platforms. As reported, the bodies were in corridors of the hospital before an alleged collapse of the morgue.
According to Escobar, the leak is “regrettable and painful” since “it is terribly painful act morbid and feasting on a situation that for many people is painful. “
The health professional noted that currently “there is no corpse in hospital corridors.” But, he confirmed that the images correspond to another sector.
“All the corpses there are, are inside the Pathological Anatomy Unit“Which he explained” is the place where bodies are deposited in all hospitals. “
Of course, Escobar recognized that the number of corpses has increased due to the advance of Covid-19 and that currently present problems in the management of deceased. “With our normal hospital capacity, we cannot fully manage it,” he said.
In the breakdown, he said they typically have a mortality of between 5 to 7 people every day, which has increased with the coronavirus.
As detailed, they currently have 21 bodies in the Pathological Anatomy Unit. Meanwhile, he said that yesterday 9 bodies were removed and that 11 people died in the compound, five of which were Covid-19 positive.
He added that the removal of bodies has been slow due to the difficulties brought about by the advance of the coronavirus, such as family quarantines; or due to the death of unidentified people.
Therefore, he reiterated that “we are in the process of acquisition of a burial chamber, a mortuary container, to be able to properly handle these corpses (…) Meanwhile, we are in the process of moving corpses thanks to the courtesy of the Legal Medical Service ”.
Said burial chamber will have space for 48 corpses, he assured.
The director of the San José Hospital reported that he will instruct a administrative summary before the leak of photographs.
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