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Mortuaries in the dark

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21 March
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ. Itโ€™s an important service, helping clients give their loved ones a dignified send-off, but running a funeral business isnโ€™t easy. And thatโ€™s especially true in times of near-continuous power cuts. The countryโ€™s energy crisis is impacting the funeral sector in multiple ways, notably its ability to store the bodies of the departed at the required temperature. As a result, mortuaries are urging the bereaved to bury their loved ones within days, while those able to afford generators are buckling under the financial pressure of keeping them running. Unsurprisingly, many funeral homes have had to close. In aโ€ฏcountry where it often takes weeks for some cultural burial rites to be performed, what, if anything, can be done? Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://bit.ly/PodcastCB