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Matthews Ridge mortuary non-functional

Jul 04, 2011 News

Residents in Region One are complaining that the mortuary at Matthews Ridge is not functioning as it should and this has caused numerous expenses to be incurred by relatives of persons who have passed away. Reports are that when the bodies have to be stored at this location, the facilities in the mortuary do not allow for proper storage.
According to one resident, her relative died quite recently in an accident which occurred when a truck carrying lumber toppled over at a turn.
She explained that the man’s body was then taken to the mortuary to be stored until the doctor arrived to conduct a post mortem examination. Kaieteur News understands that almost one week had passed and the doctor did not arrive and this led to the man’s family incurring a lot of expense since they had to be purchasing ice in large quantities to “keep the body from spoiling”.
Others in the area stated that “this is a norm” because whenever the area records a death, the family of the deceased has to spend money on ice to ensure that the body is in good condition until the post mortem is conducted.
“This should not be. If it (the mortuary) was working as it should then we won’t have to spend so much money. We already does have to spend a lot of money on funeral preparations,” said one man.
Another man told this newspaper that the doctor only visits the area when there are a number of bodies to conduct post mortems.
“If there is one body lying in the mortuary the doctor would not fly in until there are more bodies.”
Kaieteur News further understands that if this one body is in the mortuary and there isn’t another death until a week or two later, the family of the deceased would have to “keep buying ice until the doctor comes”.
Persons in the Region are hoping that the relevant authorities look into the matter as soon as possible and assist with having the mortuary functioning as it should.

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