Violent clash at hospital as family tries to access woman who died of virus

A crowd of people attempt to force their way into the intensive care unit at a hospital to see a woman who died of the coronavirus, while staff and security guards block them because access to her, as an infected person, is forbidden.

Security personnel at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center outside Rishon Lezion scuffle with the relatives of the woman and are able to fend them off.

The woman’s daughter says they only wanted to pay last respects.

A video of the incident shows the crowd pushing and shoving their way into the intensive care unit as hospital staff watch from the side, and guards attempt to hold them back.

תיעוד: מהומה בבית חולים אסף הרופא לאחר שבני משפחתה של אישה שנפטרה הבוקר מקורונה דרשו לשנות את סיבת מותה, כדי לקיים קבורה לא בתנאי קורונה. לטענת המשפחה סיבת המוות היא אחרת ולא כתוצאה מהנגיף@hadasgrinberg pic.twitter.com/Hqi3pNm7JQ

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