Homabay Regulation Courtroom has issued an order that allows the County Instructing and Referral Hospital to get rid of 12 unclaimed our bodies.
The order was issued via the Public Well being Officer-In-Cost of sanitation, Nancy Ooko, giving a 14 days’ discover to the general public, to allow them acquire their kins’ our bodies inside the timeframe and upon the expiry, the our bodies be disposed of in conformity with the laid rules.
The Referral Hospital Administration now intends to observe the court docket’s order and get rid of the 12 unclaimed our bodies, mendacity on the hospital mortuary facility.
This comes after the hospital had submitted an software on January 1, this yr asking the court docket to grant them permission, to get rid of the our bodies as stipulated by the regulation.
The Hospital additional issued the court docket with a supporting affidavit sworn by the hospital’s Public Well being Officer.
In keeping with Ooko, the aforementioned our bodies from Rangwe, Kendu Bay, Mbita and Homa Bay Police Stations have overstayed on the hospital mortuary for greater than the stipulated 21 days, therefore overstretching the ability which has a capability to carry as much as 22 our bodies.
As well as, she stated that the ability is serving the complete county and wanted to get rid of the unclaimed our bodies to create house to accommodate extra deserving instances.
By Daisy Marcy and Sitna Omar
