Open AccessMANAGEMENT OF CORPSES WITH COVID-19: PERSPECTIVE ON CASES IN INDONESIA
Author(s) -
Summy Hastry Purwanti,
Cipta Pramana
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of health and translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2289-392X
pISSN - 1823-7339
DOI - 10.22452/jummec.sp2020no1.1
Subject(s) - covid-19 , perspective (graphical) , pandemic , outbreak , geography , history , medicine , disease , virology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , art , visual arts
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.