The Valencian Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Nuria Montes, sparked a wave of criticism after appearing before the media for the way in which she announced the blocking of families’ access to pavilion where the bodies of the children are transferred. victims of DANA. “Here, the bodies will not be released to the families, family members will not be allowed access to the area where we are holding all the deceased, so they have to wait for the court call and the delivery of relevant documents. “The best place for families to wait for news of their loved ones is at home.”
His way of addressing families who have lost a loved one has attracted widespread criticism. “The more humanity the Valencian people show, the more the Generalitat tries to be as inhumane as possible. Shame,” lamented Compromís.
Minister Montes spoke at the Feria València, the space where the bodies of the deceased will arrive to be identified in the face of the collapse of the Institute of Forensic Medicine. Subsequently, the courts will contact the families.
The protocol for handing over bodies to families
Montes clarified that all relatives of those missing or suspected of having died have notified the telephone numbers or competent authorities, so that the different courts have all their contact details.
The bodies of the deceased, once identified at the Institute of Legal Medicine and the autopsy has been carried out, will be transferred to the Feria Valencia and it will be the courts which will contact the families to advise them of the procedure to follow. Documentation will be issued so that their funeral directors, insurance companies or social or municipal services, if applicable, can go to the site to take charge of the bodies and return them to them later.
In this sense, he clarified that the first bodies of the deceased have already arrived at the Feria Valencia, which means that they have been identified, that they have already undergone the autopsy process and that therefore they can now be delivered to funeral homes and businesses. so that their loved ones can take care of them.
“We are now ready to begin the procedure. We activated all the pieces, the whole operation. And of course, assistance with food and drinks for all staff who may provide services here, so that everyone is perfectly looked after,” he said, adding that the facilities at Feria Valencia “allow for start this procedure in an extremely simple way.
