KZN floods: Health MEC calls on families to identify loved ones at mortuaries | kamva_somdyala
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo has called on members of the public to come forward and identify loved ones who died as a result of heavy floods which rocked parts of the province on Monday and Tuesday.
Dhlomo said, at the Pinetown medico-legal mortuary, that the remains of 36 deceased were being kept for families to identify."They were taken from Chatsworth, Malvern, Mariannhill and surrounding areas, while the Magwaza Maphalala mortuary is looking after the remains of 15 deceased," said Dhlomo."This is an extremely difficult time, but we have put these measures in place to help our fellow compatriots to cope at this difficult time," the MEC said.
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