Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 37 No. 3. March 20, 1974
Stiff Competition
Stiff Competition
Milan Italy (IT) — Milan's 80 funeral companies are engaged in a cutthroat battle for body rights. Doctors and hospital porters are being swamped with bribes from morticians who want to win customers.
In one case, a porter led a woman whose husband had just died to the car of one undertaker when she had already contacted another. The result was a high speed car chase through the streets of the city.