A female corpse whose identity has not yet been determined has gone missing from the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu, Ogun State.
According to hospital sourceS, the drama began on Friday when the relatives of the dead visited the hospital to pick up the body for burial only to learn that the body had been moved from the mortuary.
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One source claimed that despite being present at the mortuary since October 2022, the body was not among the 69 others that were presented to the family for verification.
It was also learnt that two attendants in charge of the morgue fled the premises.
The source said, “The family members of the deceased came from Ijebu-Ode to Sagamu with undertakers and ambulance on January 27, 2023, to claim their corpse for burial, but were surprised to discover that the corpse was not part of the 69 bodies brought out of the morgue for verification.
The CMD and other officials of the hospital were in a confused state as to what could have led to the disappearance of the female corpse deposited in the morgue since October last year.
“A Divisional Police Officer and his men, with other security agencies, visited the Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology Department of the hospital over the matter.”
The management of OOUTH, however, described the incident as a mix-up.
The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Oluwabunmi Fatungase, in a statement on Saturday, said the hospital was working with agents to unravel the circumstances behind the incident.
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She noted that the footage from the Closed-Circuit Television camera was also being evaluated.
The CMD hinted that the hospital would go as far as conducting a DNA test to identify the corpse.
She said, “Any circumvention of the quality assurance of the hospital will not be taken lightly and necessary consequences in consonance with the public service rules will be applied.