Recently, Ms. Fan from Zhengzhou, Henan Province, told reporters about an incredible thing: after her father died ten years ago, the ashes have been stored in the Xinmi City Funeral Home. However, when she recently went to pick up her father's ashes, she found that the cabinet where the ashes were stored was empty and the ashes were missing. The explanation given by the funeral home is that the room where the ashes were stored was changed around 2020, and it may have been lost or made a mistake during the handling process. At present, the funeral home proposes to conduct identification through fingerprints and other means to confirm whether the newly found ashes belong to Ms. Fan's father.
The incident sparked widespread public concern. After all, ashes are the last material left by the deceased in the world, and they have extremely high spiritual value for the living. Therefore, funeral homes should take extra care when handling cremated ashes to ensure that each and every one of the ashes is properly kept. However, the Xinmi City Funeral Home has made such a serious mistake that people can't help but question its management level.
So, how exactly did this "ashes suspicion" incident happen?According to Ms. Fan, her father died 10 years ago, and his ashes have been deposited at the Xinmi City Funeral Home. On November 19 of this year, after her grandfather died, she went to collect his father's ashes in order to bury him with his grandfather. However, when she arrives at the funeral home, she finds that the cabinet where the ashes were stored is empty. She was shocked and saddened. She said that the funeral home gave her an explanation that the room where the ashes were stored was changed around 2020, and that she may have lost it or made a mistake during the removal process.
Ms. Fan disagrees with this explanation. She said that the two cabinets 745 and 754 were not together at all, and the words and ** she wrote were gone. Therefore, she believes that the funeral home's explanation is not convincing. In this regard, Zhao Yang, head of the funeral service section of Xinmi City Funeral Home, said that he would definitely not shirk responsibility, and he could do another identification through fingerprints or other means.
However, even if the appraisal was conducted, Ms. Fan's doubts and pain could not be completely eliminated. After all, the results of the appraisal can only prove whether the newly found ashes belong to her father, and cannot make up for the mental trauma she has suffered. In addition, this incident also exposed the problems in the management of funeral homes. Why is there no detailed record of the room where the ashes are kept?Why are there no cases of loss or confusion of ashes during the removal process?These questions require a reasonable explanation from the funeral home.
Of course, we cannot rule out that there may be other hidden secrets behind this incident. For example, did someone deliberately exchange or steal ashes?Such acts are not only illegal, but also seriously undermine the dignity and rights of the deceased and the living. Therefore, ** should also intervene in the investigation to restore the truth of the incident.
In short, this "ashes suspicion" incident has brought great harm and suffering to both the deceased and the living. We should learn from this incident and strengthen the supervision and management of funeral homes and other institutions to ensure that similar incidents do not happen again. At the same time, we should also respect the dignity and rights of the deceased and the living, and avoid any actions that harm their interests. Only in this way can we give peace to the dead and comfort to the living.
The loss of ashes at a funeral home in Xinmi City, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, has raised questions about the management level of the funeral home, and at the same time reminds us that respecting the rights and interests of the deceased and their families is a basic morality that everyone should abide by.