Health Department denies union reports of rotting corpses
Durban - THE closure of Magwaza Maphalala Street Mortuary has left Park Rynie Mortuary with an excess of bodies and nowhere to store them - and apparently some are infested with maggots.
Initially, the closure of Gale Street Mortuary in March meant that Phoenix Mortuary would take over the services because it could accommodate 500 bodies. However, services have been distributed to three mortuaries - Park Rynie, Pinetown and Phoenix. He said bodies continued to pile up, they were not stored properly and the department still had not responded.Ngidi said about six bodies were currently kept on the floor.
Maphisa said the mortuary had an excess of 50 available spaces to admit bodies, as of Monday. “It was misinformation of the highest order to allege that the facility had reached full capacity.” “It is, therefore, grossly incorrect to allege that bodies are ‘rotting and there are maggots’. There are no bodies that fit this description. Any claims to the contrary can only be the work of people with malicious intentions,” said Maphisa.
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