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No Ubuntu for the Dead…Mayhem in SA’s State Mortuaries

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Missing bodies, missing body parts, bodies piling up, bodies being handled by unqualified personnel, bribes to view bodies…These are just come of the ways in which the rights of deceased people and their families have been violated in South Africa’s State mortuaries. BizNews speaks to Professor David Mc Cuoid-Mason, a lecturer in Medical Practice at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has been fighting for the control of Forensic Mortuary Services to be removed from the Department of Health and placed under the control of an independent body to ensure that the rights of both the deceased and their relatives are respected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 Aug 2023 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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