Mortuary congestion: KWASUTH considers mass burial of unclaimed bodies

The Management of Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH), Ilorin, Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, has announced plans for mass burial of unclaimed bodies due to the over filling of its morgue.

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The Hospital made the announcement in a statement signed by its Head of Corporate Affairs Unit, Yakub Kamaldeen Aliagan.

It noted that the decision was prompted by its current situation whereby the facility has no available space to receive any other body due to the huge amount of unclaimed bodies and need to decongest the morgue.

*Gives families of the dead 2 weeks ultimatum to retrieve such*

KWASUTH , however, adviced that families should come and retrieve the bodies of their relatives and loved ones within the next two weeks, after which the Management will consider carrying out its plans to decongest the facility through mass burial.

The statement reads, “ The Management of Kwara State University Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, wishes to announce to the general public that its Mortuary is filled beyond capacity with no available space due to unclaimed bodies.

“The Management, therefore, implores the general public to come and retrieve the bodies of their relatives and loved ones within the next two weeks from the time of this announcement, after which the Management will consider decongestion through mass burial.”