Losing Patients

Keeping me inside
The place I reside
Where meals come curbside
And rich men preside

A government watchdog
Has a major concern
There is a backlog
Of dead bodies to burn

I'm at her bedside
In the countryside
Plans are set aside
For pain to subside

A government watchdog
Has a major concern
There is a backlog
Of dead bodies to burn

A government watchdog
Has a major concern
There is a backlog
Of dead bodies to burn

"The lack of storage space for those who died of the virus
Forced the agency which regulates air quality across the Southland
To issue an emergency order to lift the limit
On the number of cremations allowed."

"The South Coast Air Quality Management District
Issued the emergency order temporarily suspending
Permit requirements for crematoriums."

"The air quality management district limits
The number of cremations which can be conducted each month
Due to air quality regulations."

"However, the pandemic caused the death rate across the region
To more than double, which has put a strain
On hospitals, funeral homes and crematoriums."