The Ghana Police Hospital administration says it’ll perform a mass burial of roughly 200 unclaimed and unknown bodies, at the moment deposited in its mortuary in Accra, on March 28, this yr.
That is to decongest the facility and enhance storage conditions for recent admissions.
A press release signed by the Medical Director of the Police Hospital, Commissioner of Police (COP) Dr Samuel Otu-Nyarko, copied the Ghanaian Instances in Accra, yesterday, appealed to most of the people, particularly relations of circumstances of lacking individuals to contact the pathology division of the hospital to determine and declare any deceased member of the family earlier than Friday, March 28.
The assertion has suggested the general public on the significance of guaranteeing that non-public identification paperwork had been stored updated to assist forestall individuals from being categorized as unknown within the unlucky occasion of their passing.
“Whereas, we’re deeply saddened by this mass burial, we imagine that this serves as a reminder to all of us in regards to the significance of securing our identification and taking crucial precautions for our security,” COP Dr Otu-Nyarko, suggested.
He urged most of the people “to heed these message, and assist be certain that nobody else meets such unlucky finish as an unknown, anonymous physique.”
The Police Hospital, it’s recalled, on February 25 this yr, carried out comparable mass burial for seven unclaimed our bodies that had been deposit on the Very Essential Character (VIP) mortuary for 20 months at Bogoso within the Western Area.
The our bodies included individuals who had been victims of auto accidents, deserted stays and people who died of crime associated accidents.
This was regardless of the numerous makes an attempt by the police at Bogoso to find subsequent of kin of the deceased.
BY TIMES REPORTER
