What follows is the account of the funeral of a mother who died on Sunday, March 8, from the coronavirus in Ashayer hospital in Khorramabad (west of Iran), as reported by a family member. Apparently, she passed away at 2:30 A.M., but no one reported it until my sister called.  Sunday was an official holiday, and the hospital seemed not crowded. Despite all the advice not to go to the hospital, my brother had to go through all the corridors that were quarantined for coronavirus patients to pay the bills.  For two or three days of hospitalization in the coronavirus quarantine department, on top of the amounts the hospital received from insurance, my brother had to pay extra, which they now say hospitals should not have charged!  But the most important violation and negligence is that you must pass in between patients infected by coronavirus to pay your bills.  He felt more like a guilty criminal than the victim of a catastrophe. The...(Read Full Post)