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Lack of available doctors, no death certificates: when the bodies of the deceased lie at home

2023-01-10T15:38:08.920Z


In order for funeral services to collect a body from home, a doctor must first sign the death certificate. Fault of


His department, Eure-et-Loir, was "sadly publicized" between Christmas and New Year by the requisitions of general practitioners imposed by the prefecture.

Sandrine lost her grandmother during this period.

To sign the death certificate, she had to call on a retired doctor… no other professional being available.

The law authorizes it since April 2020, only “in the event of impossibility for a practicing doctor to establish such a certificate within a reasonable time”.

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Source: leparis

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