By Anita Kwapong
The Management of the St. Joseph Hospital at Koforidua-Effiduase in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region has announced its intention to carry out a mass burial for eight unclaimed bodies in the Hospital’s Morgue since 2018.
This was disclosed by the Hospital’s Administrator, Philemon Quansah.
According to Mr. Quansah, two of the said unidentified bodies were brought to the morgue by the Koforidua Central Police while the remaining six bodies were deposited by the Effiduase Police.
He said the exercise will be carried out by the middle of this month, in conjunction with the Ghana Police Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, if the bodies remain unclaimed by then, in order to make way for scheduled renovation works at the mortuary.
Mr. Quansah added that this move has become necessary after all attempts to trace the relatives of the dead bodies proved futile.
He therefore, appealed to the public, especially those whose relatives have gone missing for the past years to contact the Pathology Department of the Hospital for identification in order to forestall a situation whereby such bodies are added to those earmarked for mass burial.
The Hospital’s Administrator also encouraged members of the general public to cultivate the habit of always having their ID Cards or other forms of identification on them to help identify them in case they are involved in an accident or any health crises.