It is no longer news that the first person with the case of Ebola Virus Disease in the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan is dead. However, many questions are raised on how his body will be disposed.
According to several reports, medical experts adviced against an autopsy, becasue they believed that, doing that could endanger the lives of medical personnel and the general public (I’m following both the breaking news and developing stories on different TV stations in the States).
According to ABCNews:
The body of Thomas Eric Duncan,the first person to die of Ebola in the U.S., will be cremated, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Centers said today.
Duncan’s body will be enclosed in two bags and the bags will then be disinfected, the hospital said in a statement today.
“After that careful preparation, the body will be cremated. CDC guidelines say remains infected with Ebola can be cremated or ‘buried promptly in a hermetically sealed casket,'” the statement said.
The hospital said that because of the preparations “the body can be transported without the need for protective gear for a driver or others who are near the body but don’t handle the remains.”
P.S
May his soul rest in peace
