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EWN reports that the Medical Rights Advocacy Network says that the increasing backlog of bodies piling up at KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) mortuaries is having an impact on the criminal justice system.
At least 80 unidentified bodies are beginning to decompose at the Pinetown and Fort Napier mortuaries as they have been unattended to for six months. The Network said the crisis began five years ago when a senior pathologist resigned after being threatened for speaking out and was replaced by a junior staffer. It claims that most of those tasked with conducting autopsies are not qualified and that the DNA samples on bodies are not being added onto the SAPS system. According to activist Mary de Haas, there are only nine pathologists operating in KZN. The Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) Dr Imraan Keeka said there was no clear plan on how to clear the backlog.
- Read this report by Ziyanda Ngcobo in full at EWN
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