The management of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital, ESUTH, says it will dispose of over 300 unclaimed bodies from its mortuary before the end of March.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Medical Director of ESUTH, Prof. Bethrand Ngwu, on Thursday in Enugu.

Ngwu said that anyone whose relative or friend’s corpse had stayed in the hospital for a period of six months or more should come forward to claim it.

According to him, failure to claim the corpses within three weeks after the announcement means that all unclaimed bodies will be disposed of permanently, and the hospital will not be held accountable.

“This announcement serves as a notice to anyone whose relative or friend’s corpse has stayed in the hospital for a period of six months or more, to proceed and claim it,” he said.

“Failure to do so within three weeks after this announcement means that all unclaimed bodies shall be disposed of permanently, and the hospital will not be held accountable,” he added.

The hospital said some of the corpses had stayed for one year, while others had been in its mortuary for over two years.