Papua New Guinea hospital warns of mass burial of 150 bodies as morgue overflows

Port Moresby hospital director says one in five bodies are not collected by loved ones, creating a capacity headache

A major hospital in Papua New Guinea has warned there will be a mass burial of 154 bodies held in its overflowing morgue unless family members collect the bodies in the next two weeks.

Port Moresby general hospital, in the Papua New Guinean capital, has issued the call for people to claim their relatives’ remains, saying the bodies of 68 women, 64 men and 22 children were lying in the morgue awaiting collection.

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