Kwara University Teaching Hospital Threatens Mass Burial for Unclaimed Bodies

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin

The management of the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH), Ilorin, at the weekend threatened to embark on mass burial of unclaimed bodies over its filled morgue.

Already, the hospital has issued a two-week ultimatum to owners of the dead bodies to appear at the hospital to collect their bodies or else the hospital would embark on mass burial.

The development, according to the THISDAY checks, might not be unconnected with the non-available spaces for the accommodation of dead bodies in the hospital.

The Head of the Corporate Affairs Unit of KWASUTH, Mr. Yakub Kamaldeen Aliagan, who stated this in Ilorin in a statement,

However, said that the hospital’s morgue is filled up.

He added that the hospital’s management has sent out messages inviting people to come and claim the bodies of their deceased relatives.

The statement stated that:  “The management of Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH) wishes to announce to the general public that its mortuary is filled beyond capacity with no available space due to unclaimed bodies.

“The management, therefore, implores the general public to come and retrieve the bodies of their relatives and loved ones within the next two weeks from the time of this announcement, after which the management will consider decongestion through mass burial.”