Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has released a list of 541 unclaimed bodies at the facilities morgue which are set to be disposed in seven days.
The hospital has given seven days to the public to identify their loved ones on the list before they dispose the bodies. Out of the 541 bodies in the list, 475 are babies and 66 adults, with 7 being female and 59 male.
“Pursuant to the public health act cap 242, interested members of the public are therefore requested to identify and collect the bodies within seven days, failure to which the hospital will seek authority from the courts or dispose of them,” the hospital said.
Public health facilities are often forced to take action over unclaimed bodies in the mortuary after preserving them for a long period.
The KNH action is in accordance with the Public Act Cap 242 subsidiary legislation public health public mortuaries rules, 1991.
Kenyatta National Hospital publishes a list of 541 unclaimed bodies set to be disposed.