63 unclaimed bodies at the Port Moresby General Hospital mortuary will be buried today in a mass burial.
Among the bodies are nine children, 54 adults and 11 body parts.
These bodies are from the month of March and April which have been put on notice for relatives to collect, however only a few of them were claimed by relatives.
Director for Medical Services at the Port Moresby General Hospital Dr Kone Sobi said it’s unfortunate that a mass burial has to take place especially in a Melanesian country where we bury our own.
“It’s not our Melanesian way when we don’t pick our loved ones body and take them away for a peaceful and decent burial.”
Dr Sobi said as bad as it looks, it’s a relief to the mortuary with the overcrowding situation they are experiencing in the morgue.
It is understood that NCDC has engaged a contractor to carry out the mass burial.
The bodies are currently being loaded into the coffins at the morgue area while another burial team is at the 9 Mile cemetery preparing the burial plot.