Guides
Guides for families
These short guides answer the practical questions families ask us most often after a death: renting a freezer box, how long a body can be kept, which papers to carry to another state, sending someone by flight, and the first steps at home.
- 01 Renting a dead body freezer box: a checklist for families To rent a dead body freezer box, call the provider with your address, floor and lift details, and say how many days you expect to need it.
- 02 How many days can a body stay in a freezer box? Most families in Hyderabad keep a body in a freezer box for one to three days while relatives travel.
- 03 Documents for taking a body to another state When taking a body by road from Hyderabad to another state, carry the death certificate or hospital death summary, ID proof of the deceased and of the family member travelling, and post-mortem and police papers if there was a post-mortem.
- 04 Sending a body by flight from Hyderabad airport To send a body by air from Hyderabad, the airline's cargo team books it as human remains on a flight from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
- 05 When someone dies at home: the first steps When someone dies at home, first call a doctor to confirm the death and record the cause.
- 06 Freezer box or embalming: how to choose A freezer box keeps the body cool for viewing at home over a short wait, usually one to three days.