Mass Burial: University of Benin Teaching Hospital gives six-week ultimatum for 270 unclaimed corpses
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has concluded plans to conduct a mass burial for 270 unclaimed corpses if not claimed within the next six weeks, explaining that the corpses include 201 infants and 69 adults.
Penpushing reports that the coordinator of the mortuary services Ehizogie Adeyemi made this known to journalists on Tuesday adding that the corpses had been in the morgue between 2021 and 2023, noting that the hospital had in a statement given six weeks ultimatum to the owners of the corpses to claim them.
The coordinator said the contact addresses and phone numbers provided by the owners of the corpses to the hospital were no longer reachable or valid, emphasizing that at the expiration of the six weeks ultimatum, the hospital would conduct a mass burial for the unclaimed corpses if the owners failed to claim them.
Penpushing further reports that it is recalled that the statement earlier issued by the hospital’s management urged owners of such corpses to claim them within a six-week notice, starting from May 20, 2024.
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