POLICE HOSPITAL

Police Hospital Undertakes Mass Burial Of 140 Bodies Nov 22

Police Hospital Undertakes Mass Burial Of 140 Bodies Nov 22

A total of 140 unidentified and unclaimed bodies are set for mass burial by the Ghana Police Hospital, in Accra. The exercise, which is expect­ed to commence on November 22, 2023, is to help decongest the hospital morgue. The decision to bury the bodies follows the inability of the hospital to identity or contact the families of the deceased. According to a statement issued by the Medical Director of the Hospital, Commissioner of Po­lice (COP) Dr Harold Agbenu, and copied to the Ghanaian Times, in Accra, yesterday, the bodies had been in the morgue, since June this year. The statement encouraged the…
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Police Hospital Lab Closed Down Over Stench From Morgue

Police Hospital Lab Closed Down Over Stench From Morgue

The Police Hospital morgue is stinking like a sewer, compelling the Hospital’s laboratory to shutdown. The stench from the morgue engulfs the laboratory and reaches other units of the facility. A source at the Hospital attributed the situation to a large number of unidentified bodies at the morgue, with some fridges broken down. The source said the situation had persisted for about a month. The GNA and other clients who visited the lab Wednesday morning were turned away by an Officer. The Officer said the lab was shut down because the offensive odour from the morgue was not good for…
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Police Hospital To Embark On Mass Burial Exercise Of Unclaimed And Unidentified Bodies

Police Hospital To Embark On Mass Burial Exercise Of Unclaimed And Unidentified Bodies

Police Hospital To Embark On Mass Burial Exercise Of Unclaimed And Unidentified Bodies The Police Hospital has announced to the general public it would embark on a mass burial exercise of unclaimed and unidentified bodies. A statement issued by the Hospital said the exercise will cover some 200 bodies. The statement said most of these bodies are made up of paupers, accident victims, former patients, abandoned dead bodies. It advised citizens to always keep national identification cards or other forms of identity cards on them. “The general public is hereby being informed to contact the Pathology Department of the Ghana…
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