Coronavirus: Ontario hospital staff bracing for COVID-19 surge due to holiday rule-breakers PaLM also provides forensic autopsy support to the regional coroners’ office and Ontario’s death investigation system, as well as hospital autopsy services when necessary.Kearns said because of new processes implemented for the pandemic, the time needed for securing appropriate arrangements has increased and resulted in the need to bring in the additional storage.LHSC officials say this is the second time during the pandemic that they have had to use the mobile service to store bodies.“We expect the capacity challenge to be resolved within days,” Kearns said.As of Tuesday, at least 112 people have died from the novel coronavirus in the.