The Lagos State Government has shut down the Isolo General Hospital Mortuary to allow for reconstruction of the morgue.
The
closure of the mortuary takes effect from tomorrow (Tuesday), while the
government has asked members of the public whose loved ones are in the
mortuary to evacuate them immediately before the closure.
There has been complaint by the public of serious stench emanating from the mortuary in Isolo area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris said the closure of the mortuary was in conformity with public health norms.
He
said any member of the public who still required accommodation for
their loved ones could make arrangements to transfer them to Gbagada
General Hospital Mortuary or the Lagos General Hospital Mortuary.
Idris
added that they could also take their dead ones to the mortuary at the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Lagos Island General
Hospital, Ikorodu General Hospital and Epe General Hospital.
The
Commissioner however noted that the recently renovated Mortuary in
Mainland General Hospital has now been designated a Social
Responsibility Centre and that as such, it would henceforth receive and
accommodate only some categories of dead bodies.
“The Mainland
General Hospital mortuary will receive and accommodate only the
following categories of bodies: bodies in respect of which a Coroner has
directed an autopsy to be conducted, pursuant to the Coroners’ System
Law, 2007, including bodies found on the State’s roads and highways or
which have been picked up by the Lagos State Environmental Health
Monitoring Unit (SEHMU), bodies of individuals who died while in custody
or shortly thereafter and bodies which have been abandoned in other
State mortuaries,” Idris explained.
He reiterated government’s
commitment to continue to serve the people while striving to improve
social amenities, health outcomes and quality of life of the people of
the state.
—Kazeem Ugbodaga
PM NEWS
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