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Moreover, according to the research, human beings are not meant to live or die alone.</p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To complement what is stated in the article, it is necessary that, in the process of the loss of a relative, a clinical contingency plan be drawn up, beginning with the evacuation of the corpses from the ICU to delivery to relatives, and to continue with the full identification of the corpse through photographic, video, fingerprint and dental records, among others, which will allow, with certainty, the delivery of the ashes or the body of the deceased to his/her relatives.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2,3</span></a></p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">On the other hand, there are recurrent reports of collective cremation of corpses, burial in mass graves or the mistaken delivery of the remains to the wrong relatives, which has caused a lot of uncertainty and the unnecessary prolongation of the mourning period. 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Vol. 157. Issue 11.
Pages e345 (December 2021)
Letter to the Editor
Identification of deaths from coronavirus COVID-19: A challenge for clinical medicine?
Identificación de fallecidos por el coronavirus COVID-19: ¿un desafío de la medicina clínica?
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Aldo Rafael Medina Gamero
, Mónica Elizabeth Regalado Chamorro
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