REDUCED CAPACITY OF BUNIA MORGUE
Voices are rising more and more in the city of Bunia to denounce the reduced capacity of the morgue of the general reference hospital of Bunia, in Ituri province.
Some residents interviewed on Friday 08 May 2020, estimate that this morgue, which has a capacity of 4 places for a population estimated at 1 million inhabitants, can no longer meet the needs.
“A few days ago, I was in mourning. When we brought the body of the deceased to the morgue, the manager told us that there are no places. We were forced to bury him on same day, “complained one resident.
Faced with this difficulty in preserving corpses in the town of Bunia, these residents ask the Congolese government to increase the capacity of the morgue at the general reference hospital in said town.
The Director of the General Reference Hospital of Bunia recognizes this situation and says that steps are underway to meet this challenge.
According to Doctor John Katabuka, a MONUSCO team has promised to provide this hospital structure with a refrigerated room which could increase its capacity to 16 bodies.
Given the current context marked by the coronavirus pandemic, Patrick Karamura, provincial minister of Ituri in charge of health recommends that the population transport the bodies directly to the cemetery without exposing them at home.
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