{"id":151155,"date":"2021-01-08T22:47:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biggest-czech-crematorium-overwhelmed-by-pandemic-deaths\/"},"modified":"2021-01-08T22:47:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:47:15","slug":"biggest-czech-crematorium-overwhelmed-by-pandemic-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biggest-czech-crematorium-overwhelmed-by-pandemic-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biggest Czech crematorium overwhelmed by pandemic deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Biggest Czech crematorium overwhelmed by pandemic deaths<\/strong>”
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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic \u2014 All three cremation chambers are working round the clock, while storage capacity for caskets has been repeatedly boosted.<\/p>\n

Despite all the efforts, the Czech Republic\u2019s biggest crematorium, in the northeastern city of Ostrava, has been overwhelmed by mounting numbers of pandemic victims.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, cars from funeral companies delivered caskets every few minutes, some with \u201cCOVID\u201d written on them. These days, the crematorium receives more than 100 coffins daily, about double its maximum cremation capacity.<\/p>\n

With new confirmed COVID-19 infections around record highs, the situation looks set to worsen.<\/p>\n

Authorities in Ostrava have been speeding up plans to build a fourth furnace but, in the meantime, have sought help from the government\u2019s central crisis committee for pandemic coordination.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an extraordinary situation,\u201d said Katerina Sebestova, a deputy mayor in Ostrava. \u201cNobody here remembers anything like that.\u201d The facility belongs to Ostrava City Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s simply because we have 60% more deceased than we had a year ago. So, we have to deal with storage capacity and the capacity to cremate,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Up to 1,000 bodies a month were cremated in Ostrava before the pandemic struck. The number rose to 1,550 in November and 1,570 in December after a surge at the end of October, crematorium director Ivo Furmancik said.<\/p>\n

The Czech Republic was spared the worst of the pandemic in the spring only to see its health care system app<\/a>roach collapse in the fall, about the time the spike began. It has been hard-hit again with new infections reaching a record high of 17,668 on Wednesday, a record set for the second straight day.<\/p>\n

The surge in infections is likely again to be followed by a surge in deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo tell the truth, I expect that the situation won\u2019t get any better but unfortunately will likely get worse,\u201d Furmancik said.<\/p>\n

The crematorium has built an overflow cold storage container to double its storage capacity by 60 coffins, and further boosted it by adding a couple of movable freezers for another 100. But the cremation chambers can\u2019t take any more.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor two-and-a-half months we have been working nonstop with no pause for maintenance,\u201d Furmancik said. \u201cSo, this really is not an optimal situation. How long can this last? I am worried that because of this intensive use the crematories could get seriously damaged at any moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The country of 10.7 million has registered 794,740 confirmed cases and 12,621 deaths. November was the deadliest month with 4,937 deceased.<\/p>\n

Ostrava is the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region, which, together with another region, tops the country\u2019s virus death toll with some 1,500 deaths.<\/p>\n

Interior Minister Jan Hamacek, who heads the central crisis committee, has promised to create a system to distribute bodies to other crematoriums across the country but some have already indicated they are reaching their own limits.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother, tougher option, is that we\u2019ll take only the number of the deceased we are capable of cremating,\u201d Furmancik said.<\/p><\/div>\n

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