Dr. Dennis Ordoña, Public Health Unit Head of the East Avenue Medical Center says they need help in processing the cadavers of PUIs and positive COVID-19 patients | @CarolynBonquin

Ordoña says relatives usually claim a dead body within 6 hours after his or her death. But there are still unclaimed bodies in the hospital morgue | @CarolynBonquin

Ordoña: We don't know, baka ang relatives hindi na kineclaim sa takot na mahawa sila. O kaya, hindi makalabas dahil ang asawa ng namatay ay PUI din kaya hindi maprocess ang katawan ng kamag-anak | @CarolynBonquin

Ordoña says the hospital is already coordinating with the Quezon City gov't to help them in processing the bodies. In the meantime, the cadavers will be placed in a mobile freezer | @CarolynBonquin

Another frontliner from EAMC says someone already lent the hospital a mobile freezer | @CarolynBonquin

Ordoña: What we do now is to look for mobile freezer to temporarily store the cadaver while waiting for processing | @CarolynBonquin

Ordoña says they experienced a “piling up” of bodies inside the hospital’s morgue. He says the morgue was only built for 5 patients, but up to 20 bodies were stored inside | @pnbarcelonlive

Ordoña clarifies that the cadavers involved are those of persons under investigation | @pnbarcelonlive