As the city's healthcare system moan under the weight of the outbreak, with the majority of the victims being elderly people, he revealed "appalling" scenes inside many Beijing hospitals.
Digital Desk: According to RFA, Covid-19 is causing an exceptional surge of mortality in Beijing, and there is a severe data shortage as a result of the sudden suspension of mass, mandatory testing nationwide.
A high-ranking official in the Communist Party's law enforcement wing claimed that a family member of his had recently passed away and the family had to wait five days before they could find a cremation slot. This statement came as China moved away from the oppressive lockdowns, widespread tracking of citizens, and daily testing that characterized Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy.
According to RFA, the individual, who requested to remain nameless out of concern for retaliation, claiming that his position and connections inside the Chinese political system were the only reasons he was able to arrange for cremation so quickly.
The current outbreak of Covid-19 infections in Beijing, according to the individual who works in the Communist Party's political and legal affairs system, was caused by nosocomial infections, which are transmissions that occur in hospitals and are in charge of overseeing law enforcement nationwide.
The person said, "A relative of mine was recovering in the hospital (from something else), but the hospitals back then basically weren't discharging anyone because the 20th Party Congress was happening, and they said it was because they worried having them test positive after they got out."
As the city's healthcare system moan under the weight of the outbreak, with the majority of the victims being elderly people, he revealed "appalling" scenes inside many Beijing hospitals.
He declared, "What we witnessed was quite horrible." "They were stacking dead bodies on top of one another on the ground in the hospital mortuaries, which were all full." According to him, you will have to wait for a week or longer (for a cremation) if you phone any funeral house in Beijing at this time since they don't have anywhere to store any more bodies.
At the Mentougou Funeral Home in a northwest suburb of Beijing, a staff member who answered the phone reported that they were now managing five times the average volume of cremations. The employee said, "There is no room here; our cold storage is filled and there is nowhere to place (any more bodies)." With just three or four furnaces, we can cremate 180 individuals every day. They stated that they are now accepting reservations for cremations beginning no later than December 31.
An employee at a funeral home in Beijing's Fangshan neighbourhood who answered the phone stated they are no longer accepting any bookings. According to China, 5,237 Covid-related deaths have occurred during the pandemic, including the deaths on Monday. This is a very low figure when compared to other countries and given that China has 1.4 billion people, according to RFA.
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