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Saturday Star reports that there are between 200 and 250 bodies affected by a backlog in mortuaries across Gauteng caused by a strike forensic pathologist assistants. The worse affected are the Germiston, Diepkloof and Hillbrow mortuaries.
The Gauteng department of health said it was working at whittling down the backlog with the assistance of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and the Wits University anatomy department. The department's spokesperson said they would work through the long weekend and would prioritise urgent cases. Jack Bloom, the DA Gauteng shadow MEC for health, said more needed to be done to clear the backlog and he noted that the SANDF had only deployed 10 personnel. The Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union of SA (Hospersa) said the strike was about the duties that forensic pathology officers were required to perform, which they claimed were beyond their scope of work and should be performed by trained forensic pathologists. Discussions with the union will continue next week.
- Read this report by Shaun Smillie in full at Saturday Star
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