Over 50 corpses abandoned for more than 10 years in UCTH to be given mass burial
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Key context: <img width="960" height="645" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/UCTH.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/UCTH.jpg 960w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/UCTH-300x202.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><p>The management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, have announced that there are over 50 corpses in their morgues that have been abandoned for over 10 years, more than the statutory three months period. The UCTH management have explained that the hospital no longer has space in the morgue to preserve more bodies. […]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/15/over-50-corpses-abandoned-for-more-than-10-years-in-ucth-to-be-given-mass-burial/">Over 50 corpses abandoned for more than 10 years in UCTH to be given mass burial</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
The management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, have announced that there are over 50 corpses in their morgues that have been abandoned for over 10 years, more than the statutory three months period. The UCTH management have explained that the hospital no longer has space in the morgue to preserve more bodies. […] Over 50 corpses abandoned for more than 10 years in UCTH to be given mass burial
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