UCH Carries Out Mass Burial For Unclaimed Corpses


The University College Hospital, (UCH), Ibadan in Oyo State, says it has carried out a mass burial for many unclaimed corpses in its mortuary.
Mr Deji Bobade, the spokesman of the college told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday, in Ibadan.
Bobade said the management took the decision because the unclaimed corpses had congested the hospital’s mortuary.
He said some corpses between the ages one and 50 years old had been abandoned in the mortuary since 2012.
The spokesman said the management, however, contacted the relatives of the deceased before carrying out the mass burial.

He claimed the relatives might have refused to claim the corpses due to the culture that says that “parents should not bury their children.”
Bobade explained that three adverts were placed in the newspapers at three different occasions with deadlines for the bodies to be claimed.
He said:“But the adverts generated no response from the relatives either. The decision of the management to perform the mass burial was within the purview of the law.
“The exercise was carried out by a group from our forensic pathologists and it was supposed to be a top confidential issue.
“If the public is aware of the time and date, threats could be posed to the community and this was one of the reasons why we were silent on the issue.
“We tried to take into consideration the cultural and the social effects of this action on the community. Our being silent on the exercise was for security reasons.”
Also, Dr Uwon Eze, a forensic pathologist in charge of the exercise, said that it was against the ethics of the profession to disclose such information to the public.

The University College Hospital, (UCH), Ibadan in Oyo State, says it has carried out a mass burial for many unclaimed corpses in its mortuary.
Mr Deji Bobade, the spokesman of the college told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday, in Ibadan.
Bobade said the management took the decision because the unclaimed corpses had congested the hospital’s mortuary.
He said some corpses between the ages one and 50 years old had been abandoned in the mortuary since 2012.
The spokesman said the management, however, contacted the relatives of the deceased before carrying out the mass burial.
He claimed the relatives might have refused to claim the corpses due to the culture that says that “parents should not bury their children.”
Bobade explained that three adverts were placed in the newspapers at three different occasions with deadlines for the bodies to be claimed.
He said:“But the adverts generated no response from the relatives either. The decision of the management to perform the mass burial was within the purview of the law.
“The exercise was carried out by a group from our forensic pathologists and it was supposed to be a top confidential issue.
“If the public is aware of the time and date, threats could be posed to the community and this was one of the reasons why we were silent on the issue.
“We tried to take into consideration the cultural and the social effects of this action on the community. Our being silent on the exercise was for security reasons.”
Also, Dr Uwon Eze, a forensic pathologist in charge of the exercise, said that it was against the ethics of the profession to disclose such information to the public.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/uch-performs-mass-burial-of-unclaimed-corpses/#sthash.kogkxmpx.dpuf
The University College Hospital, (UCH), Ibadan in Oyo State, says it has carried out a mass burial for many unclaimed corpses in its mortuary.
Mr Deji Bobade, the spokesman of the college told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday, in Ibadan.
Bobade said the management took the decision because the unclaimed corpses had congested the hospital’s mortuary.
He said some corpses between the ages one and 50 years old had been abandoned in the mortuary since 2012.
The spokesman said the management, however, contacted the relatives of the deceased before carrying out the mass burial.
He claimed the relatives might have refused to claim the corpses due to the culture that says that “parents should not bury their children.”
Bobade explained that three adverts were placed in the newspapers at three different occasions with deadlines for the bodies to be claimed.
He said:“But the adverts generated no response from the relatives either. The decision of the management to perform the mass burial was within the purview of the law.
“The exercise was carried out by a group from our forensic pathologists and it was supposed to be a top confidential issue.
“If the public is aware of the time and date, threats could be posed to the community and this was one of the reasons why we were silent on the issue.
“We tried to take into consideration the cultural and the social effects of this action on the community. Our being silent on the exercise was for security reasons.”
Also, Dr Uwon Eze, a forensic pathologist in charge of the exercise, said that it was against the ethics of the profession to disclose such information to the public.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/uch-performs-mass-burial-of-unclaimed-corpses/#sthash.kogkxmpx.dpuf

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