3 Months To Identify The Bodies In Khao Lak

[Tornado]

I have a mate working with the British Embassy up in Khao Lak, he has told me that there is 2,800 bodies unidentified in refrigeration. The British staff are currently working on 4 bodies a day.

It should not be to much longer, for many families to have some closure to this.

[chonabot]

My Heart goes out to all of the Family members that have lost their loved ones and have still to put some closure to this most horrific of tragedies.

God Bless all of them.

[RDN]

I have a mate working with the British Embassy up in Khao Lak, he has told me that there is 2,800 bodies unidentified in refrigeration. The British staff are currently working on 4 bodies a day.

It should not be to much longer, for many families to have some closure to this.

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2800/4 = 700 days

Did you drop a zero somewhere Torny?

[mffun]

2800/4 = 700 days 

Did you drop a zero somewhere Torny?

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But not only English specialists do work for this, also many from other countries!

According to press reports I think, it needs up to 6 months (I am not a specialist).

I hope for the concerned people, it does not need still more time.

Edited January 10, 2005 by mffun

[astral]

Where did they find that much mortuary space?

I would not have expected the whole country to have that much!!

[Tornado]

RDN, that is just the British side.

mffun, 3 months is what Ive been told.

astral, refrigerated containers/trucks is what Ive been told. Ill be honest, I didnt go to the actual place to see for myself.

My mate is the driver, for the Brit Embassy guys.

[mffun]

mffun, 3 months is what Ive been told.

I know, my reply was for "RDN".

And the remainder was my own opinion.

Edited January 11, 2005 by mffun

[RDN]

RDN, that is just the British side.

mffun, 3 months is what Ive been told.

astral, refrigerated containers/trucks is what Ive been told. Ill be honest, I didnt go to the actual place to see for myself.

My mate is the driver, for the Brit Embassy guys.

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Thanks Torny and mffun - I understand now. What a situation - absolutely terrible for all concerned.

astral - as for mortuary space, I thought they were burying a lot of bodies for 'storage' because they don't have enough refrigerator trucks or buildings.

[mffun]

RDN, that is just the British side.

mffun, 3 months is what Ive been told.

astral, refrigerated containers/trucks is what Ive been told. Ill be honest, I didnt go to the actual place to see for myself.

My mate is the driver, for the Brit Embassy guys.

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Thanks Torny and mffun - I understand now. What a situation - absolutely terrible for all concerned.

astral - as for mortuary space, I thought they were burying a lot of bodies for 'storage' because they don't have enough refrigerator trucks or buildings.

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It needs more time, or what you think now???

Apology for everyone, but this is real way!

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Identifying Tsunami Victims Slow Process

Thu, Feb 24, 2005

By DANIEL LOVERING, Associated Press Writer

".... At the Disaster Victim Identification Information Management Center on Phuket island, Thai officials stamp forms as foreign diplomats stand by to receive death certificates for their citizens.

About 2,500 corpses are still stored in refrigerated containers in Phuket and nearby provinces. Some bodies were taken out of the country immediately after the tsunami.

The number of bodies identified daily has jumped from about four in mid-January to 20-30 in the past week. The highest number was on Feb. 16, when 43 corpses were identified.

Thai police, who have the ultimate authority over the process, say most foreign corpses will be identified within four months....

There are three internationally accepted ways to identify bodies: DNA, dental records and fingerprints. Some critics have complained that officials in Thailand have been too slow to work with DNA.

About 400 of the 450 matches made so far have relied on dental records. Just one body has been identified using DNA.

"Everyone is getting prepared for the day when DNA will start really kicking in ... when dentals and fingerprints will have been very much exhausted and we'll still have quite a sizable number of bodies to be identified," .... 

There also were problems with some post-mortem samples collected initially, and they had to be redone..."