Due to the scarcity of land in Accra to accommodate newcorpses at public cemeteries, the Metro Public HealthDepartment of Accra Metropolitan has revealed plans torecycle graves older than twenty years in other toaccommodate new corpses.
This comes after several Ghanaians have been burying theirdead ones at their homes and Churches due to lack of spaceat public cemeteries.According to the Director of MPHD, Mr Vctor Acquaye, whofeels people who died of contagious diseases could posehealth risks to those living close to burial sites.He also told the Mirror in an interview that his team areplanning to open up the western section of the Awudomecemetery for development into a modern well-spaced andlandscaped cemetery.He also said that after the modern development into a well-spaced and landscaped cemetery, inquiries will be made toknow the causes of a dead person to ensure that any corpsedoesn't pose public health threat to people living around theburial site. 'Even after the land factor is satisfied, we have toknow the cause of death to ensure the burial does not poseany public health threat to people and the environment.'
This comes after several Ghanaians have been burying theirdead ones at their homes and Churches due to lack of spaceat public cemeteries.According to the Director of MPHD, Mr Vctor Acquaye, whofeels people who died of contagious diseases could posehealth risks to those living close to burial sites.He also told the Mirror in an interview that his team areplanning to open up the western section of the Awudomecemetery for development into a modern well-spaced andlandscaped cemetery.He also said that after the modern development into a well-spaced and landscaped cemetery, inquiries will be made toknow the causes of a dead person to ensure that any corpsedoesn't pose public health threat to people living around theburial site. 'Even after the land factor is satisfied, we have toknow the cause of death to ensure the burial does not poseany public health threat to people and the environment.'
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