The Lagos State Government has shut down the Isolo General Hospital Mortuary to allow for reconstruction of the morgue.

The closure of the mortuary takes effect from tomorrow (Tuesday), while the government has asked members of the public whose loved ones are in the mortuary to evacuate them immediately before the closure.

There has been complaint by the public of serious stench emanating from the mortuary in Isolo area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris said the closure of the mortuary was in conformity with public health norms.

He said any member of the public who still required accommodation for their loved ones could make arrangements to transfer them to Gbagada General Hospital Mortuary or the Lagos General Hospital Mortuary.

Idris added that they could also take their dead ones to the mortuary at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Lagos Island General Hospital, Ikorodu General Hospital and Epe General Hospital.

The Commissioner however noted that the recently renovated Mortuary in Mainland General Hospital has now been designated a Social Responsibility Centre and that as such, it would henceforth receive and accommodate only some categories of dead bodies.

“The Mainland General Hospital mortuary will receive and accommodate only the following categories of bodies: bodies in respect of which a Coroner has directed an autopsy to be conducted, pursuant to the Coroners’ System Law, 2007, including bodies found on the State’s roads and highways or which have been picked up by the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU), bodies of individuals who died while in custody or shortly thereafter and bodies which have been abandoned in other State mortuaries,” Idris explained.

He reiterated government’s commitment to continue to serve the people while striving to improve social amenities, health outcomes and quality of life of the people of the state.

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Good Move! Shut it down and build a decent one.

Issorai

people wai they stay there dey try

Better

na wa o mortuary don full to the extent of selecting which one to receive and which to reject
God have mercy on us

So funny ''if ur dead still nid accomodation go to d rest mortuaries''

shut this! shut that!! shut shut everywhere!!!....Lagos will soon shut Lagos....

bur come o, d residents in dat area... won't dey be seeing tinz? like ghosts

Gud move...6th 2 comment

Its now becoming a norm 4 d lagos state government 2 shut down anything perceive dangerous to d public anyway dats gud but lik some1 said hope lagos state government will not shut down Lagos in d name of rehabilitation

Thats one area i agree wit Muslims. Why 'store' a dead body for months, sometimes years jus to organise and gather money for the Owanbe? Personally i think its absurd to keep a dead body for long. They should be allowed to R.i.p not transfered from one 'fridge' to another.

what would happen to unidentified and unclaimed corpses? I forsee them giving such mass burial which in my own opinion would be "Double wahala for Dead Body" Chances of them being located just became slimmer!

Why not bury those dead bodies instead of relocating them to another mortuary ? I guess some families are still looking for money to organise parties for their dead ones. . . .very bad the way dead bodies are treated in Nigeria.

10 over 10: shut this! shut that!! shut shut everywhere!!!....Lagos will soon shut Lagos....

Now tell me the sense in this your post now.If an epidemic had broken out in those places fashola shut down,mo'r'on like you will be the first to say shiit about lagos government not working.ode

FASHOLA IS WORKING - LAGOS IS WORKING - EKO O NI BAJE OH...

Nice one lagos state govt....my governor п̥̥̲̣̣̣o fit even do small sef make I praise A̶̲̥̅♏.... [font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]abegeeee

it would henceforth receive and accommodate only some categories of dead bodies

Sounds funny

10 over 10: shut this! shut that!! shut shut everywhere!!!....Lagos will soon shut Lagos....

No, rather shut up your mouth. Your mouth smells much more than the morgue.

Sibrah: Good Move! Shut it down and build a decent one.

which one be decent one? Person wey don die know where him body dey? I tire for una o!

What they are trying to say in essence is that the mortuary won't be in use any longer

Now i can register for my next Ante-natal in peace.

Una tink say this one na Ladipo market? ok, make una dey readi for the ghost protest and war!

Where will they put the dead bodies then.

Nice move fashola. bt aw will d occupants of d morgue feel??

Watin 2 c ds headline.

"Dead bodies protest d closure of isolo general hospital mortuary"

Make u 4 knw d kind tin u 4 dae leave out 2 close ooo. If ds corpse take to street nd protest. Na d entire lagos FG go close.

Some of ds dead body dm brutal pass boko haram.

E'shekwem alvan, ikokwu adiro'm.

that place was smelling like mad last week when i pass thru okoto to jakande. Good move abeg

Tinablack: Nice move fashola. bt aw will d occupants of d morgue feel??

Watin 2 c ds headline.

"Dead bodies protest d closure of isolo general hospital mortuary"

Make u 4 knw d kind tin u 4 dae leave out 2 close ooo. If ds corpse take to street nd protest. Na d entire lagos FG go close.

Some of ds dead body dm brutal pass boko haram.

E'shekwem alvan, ikokwu adiro'm.

Thats a good one! I had a good laugh with that!

But mai peeps oo, the stench wey dey comot for that area no be small ooo. If you do mistake enter bus and your driver do mistake pass Okota road, and go-slow by mistake catch you for pako-oke afa junction, CHEEEEEEEII, your own don done. You go fat ehn.

Demdem: Even lagos takes care of the dead also.

True. While GEj takes care of the criminals. Alamco is now a clean man.