(a) According to the Gauteng Department of Health, bodies were taken to both Hillbrow (Johannesburg) and Diepkloof Forensic mortuaries for the following reasons.
(b) The Gauteng Department of Health did not charge any family money for the release of the bodies. The following are free services provided by Forensic Pathology Services: Body Autopsy, DNA collection, Histology, Toxicology, and Anthropology examination.
(c) Table 1 below indicates responses to (i)(ii) and (c) and (d)
Mortuary name |
(c)Capacity |
(d) Bodies in the mortuary as of 1 September 2023 |
(i) Diepkloof |
300 |
205 |
(ii) Hillbrow |
200 |
160 |
(iii) Roodepoort |
100 |
84 |
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