Uniben Teaching Hospital threatens mass burial of 462 unclaimed corpses

The absorption of University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, has raised alarm implicit the ample fig of unclaimed bodies successful the infirmary mortuary.

Professor Adebola Ehizele, Deputy Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee successful complaint of Research and Ethics, disclosed this successful a section broadcast presumption successful Benin City.

Ehizele said the corpses person been successful the hospital’s mortuary since January 2023 up until June 2025, noting that the unclaimed corpses are astir 462 retired of which 350 are children.

She said the absorption has fixed a grace of six weeks for the owner’s of the corpses to assertion them and that astatine the expiration of the deadline the corpses would beryllium disposed disconnected done wide burial.

A connection issued by the absorption of the infirmary successful February, authorities the constitution had concluded plans to dispose disconnected each unclaimed corpses successful the infirmary mortuary for a agelong time.

According to the statement, specified corpses see those of adults, children and infants that person been successful the morgue since January 2023 up till June 2025.

“We hereby petition that owners of specified corpses travel fo...