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A Colombian advertising company unveiled hospital beds that can transform into coffins in response to shortages of both amid the coronavirus pandemic.    

ABC Displays of Bogotá has created a cardboard bed with metal railings that designers say can double as a casket if a patient dies.

Company manager Rodolfo Gómez said he was inspired to find a way to help after watching events unfold recently in nearby Ecuador.

Families in the coastal city of Guayaquil waited with dead loved ones in their homes for days last month as COVID-19 cases surged.