Osun State University Teaching Hospital (UNIOSUN), Osogbo, has issued a stern ultimatum for the retrieval of unclaimed corpses.
The hospital management declared that the mortuary is congested with unclaimed bodies, prompting the need for immediate action.
According to a statement released by the hospital’s management, relatives of deceased individuals who have bodies stored in the hospital’s mortuary between January 2019 and June 2023 are urged to come forward within 14 days to claim them. Failure to do so will result in the hospital resorting to mass burial as a measure to decongest the facility.
“The management of UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, wishes to inform the general public that the hospital’s mortuary is presently congested and crowded with unclaimed bodies.
“In view of this development, the management hereby calls on relatives who have corpses in the mortuary unit of the hospital between January 2019 and June 2023 to come and retrieve them within 14 days of this announcement.
“It should be noted that the management will resort to mass burial of all unclaimed bodies after 14 days of this announcement as an alternative to decongest the mortuary.”
