PHILADELPHIA, PA – Via Philly Inquirer – A Philadelphia hospital was caught by a Philadelphia Inquirer photographer loading bodies into the back of a pickup truck this week.
“The transportation of the bodies in that manner is a breach of protocol,” The Philadelphia Department of Health said in a statement. “The Medical Examiner’s Office regularly works with hospitals throughout Philadelphia to ensure that bodies are treated with the utmost dignity and respect. The Health Department is appalled that this happened, and strongly reminded the referring hospital of the existing protocols. This is not normal or acceptable.”
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia said the bodies were being transferred to an overflow storage area after that facility’s morgue had exceeded its capacity.
A Philadelphia hospital sent bodies to the medical examiner in the back of a pickup truck, and it was spotted by @PhillyInquirer
photographer Elizabeth Robertson https://t.co/fVKJRkuZ4o pic.twitter.com/kc3HNuEH5z— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 21, 2020
"This is not normal or acceptable.”
A pickup truck was used to haul dead bodies from a Philadelphia hospital, setting off outrage from local public health officials. https://t.co/yGc7Wr4fgD
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 22, 2020
Photo byTim MossholderonUnsplash
