{"id":252383,"date":"2020-04-16T22:38:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T02:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252383"},"modified":"2020-04-16T22:38:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T02:38:50","slug":"maintain-prices-of-crematorium-services-prrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/16\/maintain-prices-of-crematorium-services-prrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintain prices of crematorium services: PRRD"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte addresses the nation on the government’s efforts against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on April 16, 2020. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night urged owners of crematoriums to maintain the prices of their services before the declaration of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIto namang may-ari ng<\/em>\u00a0crematorium, may I ask you to maintain\u00a0‘yung presyo ng<\/em>\u00a0cremation before and ante quarantine.\u00a0Ibig sabihin, ‘yung presyo na wala pa tayong problema, ‘yun ang ibigay ninyo<\/em>\u00a0(These owners of crematoriums, may I ask you to maintain the price of cremation before and ante quarantine. This means, the price before we had problems, that\u2019s what you should give),\u201d he said in a televised public address.<\/p>\n

Duterte warned crematorium owners who raised the prices of their services that he would order the remains of patients who died due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) to be left in there without being claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNgayon, kung taasan ninyo ‘yung presyo tapos…iiwan ko yung patay diyan sa inyo<\/em>\u00a0(Now, if you increase the price of your services…I\u2019ll leave the remains there),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Under the funeral guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), crematoriums must cremate the remains of Covid-19 fatalities within 12 hours from the time of death.<\/p>\n

Cabinet Secretary and IATF spokesperson Karlo Nograles urged crematoriums to start cremation without waiting for payments.<\/p>\n

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be providing a PHP25,000 \u201cfuneral support fund\u201d to indigents who died of Covid-19, whether confirmed, suspect or probable cases.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, local government units are in charge of providing \u201cpossible financial assistance to cover the logistics, fuel, salary, and other expenses that will be incurred in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanctuary of the sick<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duterte, meanwhile, reiterated his call for hospitals to accept all patients, including those suspected of being infected with Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cOspital kayo<\/em>\u00a0(You are a hospital), you are the sanctuary of the sick, you do not choose the ailment of the patient you are accepting. It\u2019s simply not within your power morally.\u00a0Kaya maghanap kayo ng paraan<\/em>\u00a0(That\u2019s why find a way on) how to deal with the problem because you are a hospital,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte acknowledged that some hospitals had to turn down patients because they were full, but he suggested that they should build a makeshift tent to treat suspected Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n

He said hospitals that refused to accept patients could face suspension.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi mo kaya maging<\/em>\u00a0hospital,\u00a0sasarhan nalang kita<\/em>\u00a0(If you cannot be a proper hospital, I will call for its closure). Why pretend to be a hospital when you are not a hospital? Because you cannot choose the patients that you have to attend to medically. I hope I have made myself very clear on this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also ordered the Department of Health to investigate reports of patients being rejected by hospitals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night urged owners of crematoriums to maintain the prices of their services before the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":252384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252386,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252383\/revisions\/252386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}