Sixty-eight body storage drawers in the municipal morgue attached to the Maputo Central Hospital do not work. There are complaints of illegal charges for providing space to store the bodies, a fact that led the city council to inspect the workers. The municipal morgue attached to the Maputo Central Hospital has the capacity to store 140 bodies. Meanwhile, only 72 drawers are working. After the calculations, the result indicates that 68 drawers for preserving bodies are “shelved”. In the midst of this lack of resources, the Maputo city council became aware of complaints of poor service and illicit charges for the conservation of mortal remains in the dispute over the morgue which is in the center of the City. This Wednesday, the councilor for Health and Quality of Life, Alice De Abreu, made a “surprise visit” to the infrastructure to examine the work and performance of CMCM employees. At the end of the “raid”, she did not make it clear, however, whether the allegations were true or not. Having limited herself to considering that the work continues.Alice de Abreu believes that residents contribute to undue charges, enticing morgue workers, therefore, she appeals.”The green line number. we always aim to raise awareness among employees and also the users, so as not to entice the staff. If I come to the morgue and have information that it is full, all the chambers are full, I should not entice the staff to place the body of my loved one there, for conservation “About the fact Although almost half of the drawers for the preservation of bodies are not working, the city council says that there are works being carried out to change the situation and are “budgeted at eight million meticais and will be paid for by funds from the Maputo Municipal Council”, explained the councillor.The non-claiming of bodies by family members contributes, according to the city council, to the poor response capacity of this morgue, which, in 2023, had three thousand unclaimed bodies. The corpses, after 30 days without being claimed, are transferred to the common grave. Source:O País
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