Death occurs at Home

1.    Engage a Funeral Director (click here for list of Funeral Director)

a.   The Funeral Director will walk you through the whole procedure from downloading of the Digital Death Certificate (E-DC) to the procedures on the day of the funeral.
b.    The Funeral Director will collect the body, send for embalming (if required), and deliver to the location of the Wake. 

2.    Obtain Digital Death Certificate Number

a.    Contact family doctor who has been attending to deceased, or any neighbourhood doctor who is willing to make the house call. 
b.    Funeral Director may be able to provide a doctor.
c.    If the above is not viable, contact the Police who will come to your house and the Police will contact the Forensic Death Investigator (FDI).
(Note: A document containing the digital death certificate number will be issued on the spot if death can be certified. If death is not certified, the body will be sent to the Centre for Forensic Medicine (CFM) Mortuary at Blk 9 of Singapore General Hospital)

3.   Download Digital Death Certificate (E-DC)