No one knows they're dead, says Singapore's trauma cleaner

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Cleaning up the remains of decomposed bodies is all in a day’s work for Mr Rahman Razali, a trauma cleaner. The 40-year-old has cleaned up murder, suicide and accident scenes, but most often deals with cases involving seniors who have died alone. Trauma cleaning, also known as forensic cleaning, involves removing the waste produced by a decomposed body, cleaning up...

Bodily fluids have stained the bed of a dead person, so trauma cleaner Rahman Razali and his friend and assistant Syed Ali discuss a plan to clean up the area.Cleaning up the remains of decomposed bodies is all in a day’s work for Mr Rahman Razali, a trauma cleaner.

Mr Rahman recalled having to hack away contaminated parquet flooring in a condominium unit after a middle-aged man living alone in it died without anyone knowing for three months.Trauma cleaner Syed Ali disposing of a pillow stained with bodily fluids.PHOTO: FELINE LIMGarbage bags, cable ties, duct tape and isopropyl alcohol are among some of the items that can be found in Mr Rahman's toolkit. Most of the items he uses for trauma cleaning are bought off the shelf.

Upon reaching the location, he recalled his shock on seeing police cordon tape and blood on the ground. They get to work after investigations by the police are completed and the body is taken away by the undertaker. Rahman Razali wraps part of a bed frame, which was stained with bodily fluids, with cling wrap before disposing it at a garbage point.Mr Rahman wrapped part of a bed frame, which was stained with bodily fluids, with cling wrap before disposing it at the garbage point.

Mr Rahman also makes it a point to take along a large water bottle on every job as he said it is common to get dehydrated from perspiring while wearing a full PPE suit.

 

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