Health department appeals to families to contact mortuaries for missing relatives - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

The DA in Gauteng called on the department to establish an internet site where families can identify the bodies of their loved ones.

The Gauteng Health Department is appealing to families who have missing loved ones to contact the provinces mortuaries to viewThe Democratic Alliance in Gauteng called on the department to establish an internet site where families can identify the bodies of their loved ones.in government mortuaries in the Gauteng province.

Acting CEO of Forensic Medical Services in Gauteng Dr Mosou Morule said, “The problem is that most of the unclaimed bodies are of people not residing in Gauteng.”and is buried by the state after 30 days. “The normal trend is people who die in Gauteng normally would be coming from outlying areas and some from beyond the borders of this country. After trying all the available means the body is still unidentified, unclaimed and if this period exceeds 30 days then these bodies are given paupers funeral or buried by the state,” added Morule.

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