Over 50 corpses abandoned for more than 10 years in UCTH to be given mass burial

The absorption of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, person announced that determination are implicit 50 corpses successful their morgues that person been abandoned for implicit 10 years, much than the statutory 3 months period.

The UCTH absorption person explained that the infirmary nary longer has abstraction successful the morgue to sphere much bodies.

According to the hospital’s management, relatives of the deceased person not travel to assertion the bodies aft respective years.

As a result, Chairman of the Special Task Force connected the Evacuation of Abandoned and Unclaimed Corpses astatine UCTH, Dr David Ushie, said a determination has been taken to behaviour wide burial of the abandoned corpses connected Wednesday, 21 October 2026, aft the expiration of a 3 weeks grace period.

The management, however, again called connected families and individuals with unclaimed corpses successful the morgue to place and retrieve them connected oregon earlier October 21, 2026.

Ushie disclosed that the infirmary made efforts to find relatives of the deceased, each to nary avail, informing that each bodies inactive unclaimed would beryllium fixed wide burial without further notice.

“The October 21 deadline remains firm.  The infirmary would not contented different announcement earlier carrying retired the wide burial”, helium stressed.

Speaking earlier connected behalf of the Chief Medical Director of UCTH, Prof. Ikpeme Ikpeme, Deputy Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee successful complaint ...