Police Hospital Shuts Down Laboratory Over Terrible Stench From Morgue

• The laboratory unit of the Police Hospital has been closed indefinitely due to a powerful stench coming from the facility's morgue
• According to a report by GNA, the stench is so engulfing that patients who visited the lab on Wednesday, May 16, 2023, were turned away
• Environmental health analysts fear the situation at the popular health facility poses a health risk

A health crisis is brewing at the Police Hospital in Accra as a powerful stench from the morgue takes over the whole health facility.

The hospital is run by the Ghana Police Service and is among the top-tier public health facilities in the country.

According to a report by the state-owned Ghana News Agency (GNA), the smell from the morgue has engulfed the laboratory, which is situated close to the more, but reaches other units of the hospital.

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"The GNA and other clients who visited the lab on Wednesday [May 16, 2023] morning were turned away by an officer. The officer said the lab was shut down because the offensive odour from the morgue was not good for the staff and patients," the news wire service reported.

Bad smell poses a health risk

An environmental health specialist has said the situation at the popular health facility situated within a busy part of the capital poses a health risk.

Stella Kumedzro, the specialist, said the discomfort created for patients and staff of the Hospital was a health risk and may even trigger allergic reactions.

She fears a housefly infestation is even imminent.

According to her, people who come into contact with chemicals used to preserve the corpses, like formalin could get cancer.

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The hospital has been advised to decongest, disinfect and deodorise the morgue.

Police Men beg thugs in thick forest in viral video

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh has reported in a separate story that a video of two Ghanaian police officers dealing with thugs in a thick forest has gone viral on social media.

In the footage, the police officers could be seen on their knees begging the thugs, who were visibly angry at them and begged for their lives.

From the conversation between the police and the thugs, it seemed the police had broken some sort of agreement they had with them.

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The police in 2020 embarked on a mass burial for unidentified bodies in their mortuary.

The police said the exercise is to decongest the mortuary,

The move follows the outbreak of the coronavirus in Ghana, as President Nana Akufo-Addo placed a ban on all social gatherings including funerals.

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Source: YEN.com.gh