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Scandalous dead transport: according to specialist sight not repugnant
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There have been several occasions in Hungary lately when a dead body had been lying under a nylon bag for hours in public places, hvg.hu reports. They asked about the reasons and what could be done against it. There would be a solution, anyhow, people in charge see no reason for a change.
As we have reported, a dead body had been lying in the centre of Újbuda starting from the early afternoon on Friday. The body wrapped with a strip was hardly covered by a thin plastic foil. The cause of the process, which hurts the dignity of the deceased as well as the sensitivity of children walking home from school, is that, if someone dies a natural death in a public space, the locally competent general practitioner must do the examination. In this particular case a 53 years old man died, even the ambulance could not resuscitate him.
Another similar case happened in the 13th district recently: somebody died in the entrance of a restaurant around 12 o’clock and was still lying there at 6 pm. The decree which regulates such cases allows 4 hours for the GP to order the transportation of the deceased, but adding the 1-2 hours until the fact of death is determined, it means that the dead body may be lying for 6 hours on the spot.
A Budapest GP added that the body must be left lying for two hours, to exclude the chance of suspended animation, the chance of which is insignificant.
According to the GP, it would be a good solution to cover the body with a folding screen.