The Public Relations Officer of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, COOUTH, Amaku-Awka, Henrietta Agbai says the disposal of abandoned corpses at its mortuary since 2014 will commence from July 2024.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that Agbai, disclosed this in a statement she issued recently on behalf of the Chief Medical Director of COOUTH, Dr Josephat Akabuike, and the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital, Dr Emmanuel Mba.
The development has resulted in the hospital’s mortuary being overloaded with corpses, most of whom are unidentified, as far back as 2014.
Disclosing the decision of the hospital to dispose of the corpses, the COOUTH PRO, Agbai, said it followed the approval granted for the action by the state government.
“Governor Chukwuma Soludo, has approved the disposal of abandoned corpses at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Coouth Amaku-Awka.
“To this end, the management wishes to inform the general public that COOUTH Amaku-Awka intends to conduct mass burials of the abandoned corpses in its mortuary from 2014 to December 2023,” the statement said.
Agbai called on those whose relatives are missing to visit the hospital’s mortuary for possible identification and collection of such corpses within one month of this publication.
