Colombian company creates bed that converts into a coffin

Colombian company creates bed that converts into a coffin

ABC Displays has created a cardboard bed with metal railings that designers say can double as a casket if a patient dies

AgenciesUpdated: Saturday, May 09, 2020, 10:29 PM IST
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Rodolfo Gomez and his employees demonstrate how their design of a cardboard box can serve as both a hospital bed and a coffin. | PIC: Associate Press (AP)

A Colombian advertising company is pitching a novel if morbid solution to shortages of hospital beds and coffins during the coronavirus pandemic: combine them.

ABC Displays has created a cardboard bed with metal railings that designers say can double as a casket if a patient dies.

Company manager Rodolfo Gómez said he was inspired to find a way to help after watching events unfold recently in nearby Ecuador.

Families in the coastal city of Guayaquil waited with dead loved ones in their homes for days last month as COVID-19 cases surged.

Many could not find or were unable to afford a wood coffin, using donated cardboard ones instead.

Gómez said he plans to donate 10 of his new beds to Colombia's Amazonas department, where resources are in short supply. So far there is no indication whether the beds will be put to use and no orders have been placed.

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