Unclaimed. Dozens of bodies, accumulated over five years, were discovered in the Toksovo hospital morgue.
About 70 bodies The commission discovered the remains in the courtyard of the hospital morgue in Toksovo. They were stored in a refrigerated trailer parked near garbage containers. Information The article appeared in Leningrad Oblast publications this morning. The Leningrad Oblast Health Committee's press service partially refuted the information.
The morgue was inspected following 47news' publications bodies mixed up during burial and problems with the issuance of the deceased to the SVOAccording to the publication, the commission included representatives of the regional health committee, the Bureau of Forensic Medicine, and district administration officials. They discovered the bodies, some of which, according to reports, had been stored since 2019.
An unclaimed body must be stored for no more than 45 days. If relatives are not found within this time, the funeral is carried out at the state's expense. The state allocates 8,000 rubles for a basic coffin, clothing, and grave preparation. Why the bodies were not buried for so long remains unknown. The refrigerated truck belonged to the commercial company "Lotus."
At the request of the district administration, more than half of the bodies have already been buried by another company, Iria. The local administration explained the burial issue:
"There's simply no room at the local cemetery; it's old. Everyone was balking at the issue. The forensic medical examiner's office repeatedly sent letters declaring the morgue's closure a real threat."
The regional health committee's press service told Pod'em the situation commented as follows:
"Firstly, there are not 70 of them, but 37. Secondly, they were buried a long time ago, because this is a given for June."
Next started checking regarding the discovery of bodies “forgotten” by someone in a separate refrigerator under the article “Negligence”.
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