NHS mortuaries so lax families are at “significant risk” of burying the wrong bodies, watchdog finds

NHS mortuaries so lax families are at “significant risk” of burying the wrong bodies, watchdog finds Hospital mortuaries are storing the dead in filthy fridges and employing such lax checks that families are at “significant risk” of burying the wrong bodies, inspections show.

An investigation reveals a 20-fold rise in major failings found by watchdogs in just one year.

Saws used to carry out post-mortems were found to be rusty and dirty, with body fluids left to pool on examination tables.

At some hospitals, protocals to identify the dead were so weak that there was “a significant risk of misidentification of the deceased,” the checks found. The Daily Telegraph