Over 50 corpses abandoned for more than 10 years in UCTH to be given mass burial

The administration, nevertheless, once more known as on households and people with unclaimed corpses in the morgue to establish and retrieve them on or earlier than October 21, 2026.

Ushie disclosed that the hospital made efforts to find family of the deceased, all to no avail, warning that each one our bodies nonetheless unclaimed would be given mass burial with out additional discover.

“The October 21 deadline remains firm.  The hospital would not issue another notice before carrying out the mass burial”, he confused.

Speaking earlier on behalf of the Chief Medical Director of UCTH, (*50*). Ikpeme Ikpeme, Deputy Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee in cost of Clinical Services, Dr Stephen Ogbudu, attributed the rising variety of unclaimed our bodies to the rising price of burial ceremonies and cultural practices that place vital monetary tasks on bereaved households and their in-laws.

He famous that the directive coated corpses saved in the mortuary past the statutory 90-day interval from the date they had been deposited.

He disclosed that a few of the our bodies had been in the morgue for more than a decade.

According to him, the extended storage of the our bodies has made it obligatory to undertake the evacuation train to ease stress on the mortuary, enhance sanitation and create a greater atmosphere for scientific companies.