🤔 Why undertakers are 'enjoying' the post-mortem backlog in Gauteng. 👎🏽 undertakers Gauteng mortuary postmortembacklog Get the details here 👇🏽
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has slammed some undertakers in Gauteng for taking advantage of the backlog of post-mortems at Gauteng’s health facilities.
“Some of them have grieving families pay for the service, when they in fact, keep the bodies in our facilities and come collect on Fridays knowing that the funeral is on the next day. What these undertakers are not telling you is that they are enjoying this backlog of post-mortems in our facilities.”Some of the undertakers have allegedly requested families to pay an extra R2,000, with a promise to engage government mortuaries to prioritise their loved ones.
“This system uses biometric scanners and third-party access to the Department of Home Affairs, South African Police Service and National Credit Bureaus database to identify deceased bodies and trace their relatives,” said the MEC. At the Hillbrow Mortuary alone, the department has managed to examine 139 bodies between 24 and 31 July 2023.
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