BC has become the latest jurisdiction to bring in refrigerated trucks to possibly store the bodies of victims of the COVID-19 virus..The BC Coroners Office has confirmed a truck has been dispatched to an undisclosed location within the Fraser Health Authority region – where most of the province’s COVID fatalities have taken place..BC hospitals have been fighting against a double-edged sword – the pandemic and a rash of opioid deaths..“Imagine you are hit by a tsunami and an earthquake at the same time,” Dr. Jatinder Baidwan, chief medical officer of the BC Coroners Service, told CBC..CBC reported the Fraser Health region has had 556 of the province’s 988 COVID deaths. The region — which includes the cities of Surrey, Burnaby, Abbotsford and Coquitlam — also saw a record 510 overdose deaths between January and November. . Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .Last week, the coroners’ office in Saskatchewan brought in refrigerated trucks to possibly store bodies of residents killed by the COVID-19 virus..The two trucks will be parked in unspecified locations in Regina and Saskatoon to help authorities deal with an expected influx of bodies..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
