According to the Provincial Departments of Health, the following table reflects the details in this regard.
Province |
Total number of mortuaries currently administered |
Total number of bodies currently awaiting autopsies at each mortuary* |
Average time period that a body has to wait at each mortuary before an autopsy can be done |
The longest time period a body had to wait before an autopsy could be done in each case |
Eastern Cape |
18 |
0 |
2 days |
2 days |
Gauteng |
11 |
0 |
2 days |
3 days |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
34 |
314 |
3 days |
4 days |
Limpopo |
12 |
12 |
3-5 days |
7-10 days (mostly fetuses and skeletal remains) |
Mpumalanga |
20 |
10 |
1-3 days |
5-15 days |
Northern Cape |
6 and 3 holding facilities |
12 |
2-3 days |
19 days (one body at Calvinia) |
North West |
7 |
7 |
1-4 days |
2-7 days |
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