By Onome Oghenetega
No fewer than 300 corpses allegedly abandoned at the Agbor Central Hospital morgue In Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State have been earmarked for mass burial, the management of the hospital has said.
The Zonal Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Roy Maduka, said the morgue which was originally designed to accommodate just over 60 corpses is now littered with uncollected by relatives of the deceased.
Maduka stated this when in Agbor, while playing host to the leadership of the State’s Hospital Management Board (HMB) led by its Chairman, Dr. Austin Obidi.
He lamented that the hospital morgue is currently battling with an excess of 600 corpses within the ‘small space’.
While saying that the Hospital now enjoys constant power supply following the acquisition and installation of a 33kva transformer at the Hospital by the State Government, the Zonal Medical Director has appealed to the state Government to consider the establishment of a State-of-the-Art Modern Mortuary at the Hospital.
This, according to Maduka will help in easing the current practice of just embalmment of dead bodies deposited at the mortuary.
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His words; “The mortuary is old and relies on embalmment of bodies. The building was constructed to take about 50-60 bodies at a time.
“Currently, we have over 600 corpses in the small space. Over half of the bodies are unknown/abandoned corpses.
“We are currently making plans to conduct a mass burial for the unknown corpses in the mortuary.
“Plans are also being made to build a holding place for the abandoned corpses for a period of time before mass burial can be conducted.
“With the current constant power supply in the Hospital, it will be highly appreciated if the State Government can build a modern mortuary for the Hospital” Maduka said.
