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Benin: the government ordered the closure of traditional morgues
French.china.org.cn | Updated 18-08-2014
Benin's government ordered the closure of traditional morgues over the entire national territory, to protect the people of Benin against certain diseases including the Ebola virus,did we learned said Sunday by official sources in Cotonou.
According to the source close to the Beninese government, these illegal structures operating in unhygienic conditions may be the cause of many infectious diseases.
"The unhygienic conditions in which traditional morguiers keep and treat dead bodies in houses can promote the spread of certain diseases, especially those that claimed the deceased patient ," the source said, adding that if was a patient carried away by the Ebola virus, all persons having contact with the body of the deceased will all be swept away by the same virus.
In Benin, do we indicated, there was a very long time methods for preserving bodies which consisted for example to make the dead swallow a significant amount of sodabi (alcohol distilled from palm wine), possibly with coal .
It seems that this technique has previously helped to conserve the body in relatively good condition for about a week.
Today, the preservation of dead bodies at home seems to remain the norm among the poor in some rural areas at least, while transit through the morgue concerns the great majority of bodies in urban centers.
The use of this traditional form of preservation of dead bodies in houses allows the lengthening of the period between the death and the funeral, especially in rural areas, where the funeral of elderly , with adult children who have at heart to organize important funerals for their parents. F
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