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Monday, August 06, 2007

Fatter Australians cause hazard for mortuaries

Coming to a funeral home nearer to you.
"More than two-thirds of Australians living outside major cities are overweight or obese, and extremely obese corpses are creating a safety hazard at mortuaries, according to two studies released on Sunday."
How to fix the problem.

"Meanwhile, pathologists are calling for new 'heavy-duty' autopsy facilities to cope with obese corpses that are difficult to move and dangerously heavy for standard-size trolleys and lifting hoists.

The bodies presented 'major logistical problems' and 'significant occupational health and safety issues,' according to a separate study, which found the number of obese and morbidly obese bodies had doubled in the past 20 years.

Specially designed mortuaries would soon be required if the nation failed to curb its fat epidemic, providing 'larger storage and dissection rooms, and more robust equipment,' said Professor Roger Byard, a pathologist at the University of Adelaide."

Of corpse, "heavy duty" "lifting hoists," so they can fly through the air with the greatest of grease, the fat dead young man/woman on the flying...

BTW, read this.

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