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Ferrari Press Agency
Cardboard 1
Ref 11809
02/06/20
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An emergency cardboards hospital bed that can be quickly assembled and transformed into a coffin has been developed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.In the worst-case scenario, each bed can be rapidly reconfigured to become a cardboard casket.Recent studies have shown coronavirus can only survive on cardboard surfaces for 24 hours, whereas it lives for two to three days on materials such as wood, metal and plastic.Each bed can be shipped flat packed, and the corrugated cardboard is light but strong enough to support 150 to 200 kilograms. It also minimises the environmental impact, as it can be easily recycled after use if not used as an emergency burial device.It was created by Colombia based company ABC Displays from Bogotá.It specialises in advertising materials but it now making and distributing the low-cost bed.The firm’s chief executive Rodolfo Gómez said the idea came after seeing the dire situation in the neighbouring country of Ecuador. Mortuaries have been overwhelmed and the government had to distribute emergency cardboard coffins as bodies were left on the streets.
OPS: The ABC Displays team demonstrate the conversion from bed to coffin.The body is then sealed into the box by folding over flaps
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