No fewer than 40 corpses are presently abandoned in the mortuary of Saint Gerald's Catholic Hospital, Kaduna, and are yet to be claimed for burial several months after.
Mr. Sunday Al, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the hospital, who spoke with newsmen yesterday over the issue, said a majority of the bodies were victims of road accidents who were brought to the hospital by law enforcement agencies over a period of time.
Mr. Ali said the hospital’s management had written to the state government and the police to help in evacuating the dead bodies, and probably finding way to bury them.
“We have announced several times that if anybody does not know the whereabouts of his relations, children, parents and so on, they should try to cross-check with the hospital.
“Now our mortuary is filled up; these bodies must be evacuated, otherwise we will not have enough space for others.
“This is why we have written to the relevant authorities, both the state government and the police to help us remove these bodies for burial.
“As it is now, they are government property, and we are private hospital, so government should come and remove their property; it is a must for government to remove them from our mortuary,” Ali said.