Unclaimed bodies accumulate

Chitungwiza Central Hospital has set a limit of 21 days that bodies will be kept in the morgue. After this period, the dead will be buried in paupers’ graves.

The hospital has bodies that have been there for as long as six months, in spite of appeals to family members. Locals claim they cannot afford the burial costs.

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