MANAGEMENT OF CORPSES WITH COVID-19: PERSPECTIVE ON CASES IN INDONESIA

Received 2020-05-01; Accepted 2020-06-05; Published 2020-12-10

Authors

  • Summy Hastry Purwanti Department of Forensic, Bhayangkara R. Said Sukanto Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Cipta Pramana Departement of Obstetrics and Gynecology, K.R.M.T Wongsonegoro General Hospital Semarang/Medical Faculty Tarumanagara University Jakarta, Indonesia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22452/jummec.sp2020no1.1

Keywords:

COVID-19, Corpse’s, Forensic Practitioners

Abstract

The pandemic outbreak caused by COVID-19 has been spreading throughout the world including Indonesia. The high number of infection cases and deaths due to Covid-19 and the lack of experience in managing corpses (post mortem) caused by COVID-19 disease creates defiance for forensic practitioners and the general public. Indonesia has extra challenges because there are still people who refuse to bury corpses known to be COVID-19 victims in their areas. This paper reviews and summarizes the experience of how to deal with a corpse case with COVID-19 including how to bury such a corpse hence providing a perspective view for the future.

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Published

2020-12-10

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Research article