Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): A report was posted on social media that a foreign woman, who was ill, died in a car on the way to hospital in Phnom Penh. Her friends did not know what to do with the body, so a local man who spoke English directed them to Wat Nhean Rainsy. According to the report, the monks refused the people entry to the pagoda because they were afraid of Covid-19, and the body did not have a health certificate. The incident took place at 12:30 AM on May 19. 2021, in front of Wat Nhean Rainsy in Sangkat Toul Sangke 1, Khan Russey Keo.


A woman who had a serious illness was taken by relatives to Calmette Hospital, but the disease was so severe that she died halfway to the hospital.
According to a source from a Cambodian man who speaks a foreign language, who asked not to be named, according to a group of men who were friends of the victim, they drove the woman to Calmette Hospital for treatment because she was very ill, but they could not describe the woman's symptoms. Then she died suddenly in the car before they arrived at the hospital. So, they turned around and returned to their house in Borey Piphob Thmey, where they asked the Cambodian neighbor what they should do with the body. Out of pity for them, he said that he would help them to notify authorities and told them to take the body to Wat Nhean Rainsy near their Borey.

But the monks would not open the door, because the foreigners did not have the proper documents, and they were afraid of contracting Covid-19. The body and the relatives were not allowed to enter the pagoda, because there was no permit stating the cause of death, and it is feared that the deceased may have died of Covid-19.

Even now, (at time of writing) the body has not been identified because the authorities have not yet dared to examine it or question the relatives until the medical team have taken a sample to test for Covid-19 and they have the result.

Nationality?

very sad story RIP

Matty9999 wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 5:23 pm Nationality?

The post says she hasn't been identified yet

I hope they have a deep freezer

UPDATE
Kenyan Woman Teacher Dies of Heart Attack Caused by Overdose
Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): A Kenyan woman teacher died of a heart attack due to a drug overdose at 9:40 pm on May 18, 2021 at 86, Street 9, Borey. Phnom Penh Thmey, Toul Kork Village, Sangkat Toul Sangke 1, Khan Russey Keo.

Authorities said that the body was named AGNES WANGARI WANJIKU , female, date of birth 19 June 1992, KENYAN nationality, occupation: teacher, living in a rented room in Sangkat Toek Laak 3, Khan Toul Kork. The deceased tested positive for morphine.

According to FLOREME OKEWA, a friend of the victim: "The victim told me that she was ill with cervical cancer. On May 17, 2021, she came to stay with me, then on the evening of May 19, 2021, the victim suddenly felt unwell, so she called her ex-boyfriend to drive her to Calmette Hospital. Unfortunately she died before she got to the hospital."
After that, the woman's friends tried to take the body to the nearby pagoda, but the monks would not allow entry due to fears of coronavirus.

Now that it has been established by a post mortem examination that the woman died of a heart attack caused by the use of morphine, and did not have Covid-19, the woman's body has been deposed at Stung Meanchey pagoda.
RIP and condolences to family and friends.

The deceased tested positive for morphine.

I've noticed a recent spate of "tested positive for..." from the competent authorities in relation to deaths. Is "tested positive" the new "heart attack" ?

If she had cervical cancer she might’ve been taking the morphine for pain control. It doesn’t necessarily mean she died from it. The “heart attack“ rubber stamp strikes again.

Sad R.I.P