CREMATION OF COVID-19 VICTIMS: DETAILS — The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Rauff Hakeem asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media to provide detailed information on persons whose bodies were cremated under the Government’s COVID-19 disposal policy. He requested the total number cremated and, for each deceased person, identifying details, next-of-kin information, cremation date and place, and death registration particulars including certificate number, registration date, and district. He also asked for reasons if the information could not be provided.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media: (a) Will he inform this House of the - (i) number of dead bodies cremated following the Government's decision to dispose the bodies of persons who died of COVID-19 infection by cremation; (ii) name, gender, race, religion, name of the next of kin, address, date, and place of cremation of each deceased person, separately; and (iii) death certificate number, the date of registration of death and the relevant district of each of the aforementioned deceased, separately? (b) If not, why?
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Cite as: CREMATION OF COVID-19 VICTIMS: DETAILS — The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 December 2024. No. 1734685396083959. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18153