emb123
08-Oct-07, 22:53
hmm.
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BOUNCY CASTLE-STYLE MORGUES FOR VICTIMS
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Bouncy castle mortuaries have been set up to cope with a bird flu epidemic
Monday October 8,2007 By Tim Bugler
SCOTTISH police forces are preparing to buy hundreds of inflatable body storage tents in preparation for mass deaths in a bird flu epidemic.
Scottish Government officials have been in talks with a major manufacturer of the so-called “bouncy castle mortuaries” – in an attempt to cope with the predicted death of 64,000 Scots.
Health experts say a global pandemic of a deadly new strain of bird flu in humans is bound to strike at some point in the future.
The current strain of H5N1 avian influenza has killed more than 200 people.
So far it is limited to a handful of countries including Indonesia and Vietnam but there are fears it could mutate and spread quickly across the globe causing hundreds of millions of deaths.
Officials say Scotland’s crematoria could not cope with the demand of disposing of thousands of extra bodies and the authorities are anxious to avoid burial in mass graves because of the “severe distress” it would cause.
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal funeral services would have to be cut short because of sheer demand.
A survey of mortuaries across the country has revealed a shortage of body storage space if a pandemic should occur, with a present maximum of 2,513 spaces.
Scottish Government officials met representatives from a firm that manufactures inflatable tents for body storage in June, it was revealed yesterday. E-mail exchanges and letters reveal officials and police are impressed with a mobile “body storage system” made by Airegroup, for use in disasters. It has been used by the US military and has a generator to keep bodies at low temperature.
Police and local authorities across Scotland have now been told to consider purchasing the equipment or take part in trials of new prototypes so that they could purchase the morgues at a cheaper rate.
The units cost around £10,000 and can store up to 50 bodies. Trials could involve storing dead animals from veterinary hospitals.
A Scottish Government spokeswoman said the work had been prepared so that local Strategic Co-ordinating Groups could decide how to plan for a pandemic.
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BOUNCY CASTLE-STYLE MORGUES FOR VICTIMS
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/21370_1.jpg
Bouncy castle mortuaries have been set up to cope with a bird flu epidemic
Monday October 8,2007 By Tim Bugler
SCOTTISH police forces are preparing to buy hundreds of inflatable body storage tents in preparation for mass deaths in a bird flu epidemic.
Scottish Government officials have been in talks with a major manufacturer of the so-called “bouncy castle mortuaries” – in an attempt to cope with the predicted death of 64,000 Scots.
Health experts say a global pandemic of a deadly new strain of bird flu in humans is bound to strike at some point in the future.
The current strain of H5N1 avian influenza has killed more than 200 people.
So far it is limited to a handful of countries including Indonesia and Vietnam but there are fears it could mutate and spread quickly across the globe causing hundreds of millions of deaths.
Officials say Scotland’s crematoria could not cope with the demand of disposing of thousands of extra bodies and the authorities are anxious to avoid burial in mass graves because of the “severe distress” it would cause.
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal funeral services would have to be cut short because of sheer demand.
A survey of mortuaries across the country has revealed a shortage of body storage space if a pandemic should occur, with a present maximum of 2,513 spaces.
Scottish Government officials met representatives from a firm that manufactures inflatable tents for body storage in June, it was revealed yesterday. E-mail exchanges and letters reveal officials and police are impressed with a mobile “body storage system” made by Airegroup, for use in disasters. It has been used by the US military and has a generator to keep bodies at low temperature.
Police and local authorities across Scotland have now been told to consider purchasing the equipment or take part in trials of new prototypes so that they could purchase the morgues at a cheaper rate.
The units cost around £10,000 and can store up to 50 bodies. Trials could involve storing dead animals from veterinary hospitals.
A Scottish Government spokeswoman said the work had been prepared so that local Strategic Co-ordinating Groups could decide how to plan for a pandemic.