The Bloemfontein mortuary was closed due to water leaks, poor ventilation, and unaddressed post-mortem hazards.
The Free State Department of Health has identified how bodies will be handled and how it will address critical issues after a government mortuary in Bloemfontein was closed down until further notice.Inspectors found water leakages which could cause “serious harm and fatalities to workers should they come into contact with exposed electrical wires”.
He said bodies received from hospitals, accident scenes and private undertakers will be stored in fridges in the forensic pathology truck in transit at the government mortuary in the Free State. • Electrical Compliance: The contractor is on-site to attend to all defects in electrical installations, Mvambi said. “They have already identified that the air-condition/HVAC system and the electrical network were vandalised, and the mortuary lost tonnes of copper as a result of this vandalism.”
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