Family says West Suburban Medical Center failed to store deceased loved one's body properly

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The Oak Park hospital denies the claim.

-- A West Side family is heartbroken because they weren't able to have an open casket for their loved one.

"After they showed us where the body was at, which was in a separate room - which was a warm room - we was very shocked," the funeral home owner said."Very shocked." The funeral director was especially surprised because he had picked up Walton's body from a hospital. With the family's permission, the photos were also shared with the Illinois Department of Public Health.

A spokesperson for West Suburban Medical Center told us,"The claim about Ms. Walton's remains being outside of the morgue is false." Le Mignot asked if the equipment was inspected and if a repair was made after Dec. 21 - when the family tells us the decomposition was brought to the hospital's attention. She was told in response,"We have no further comments."

 

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This story is from December 17th. There is no need to post it 5x a day.

Posted repeatedly. Can we get past the 'blacks as victims' theme?

There is no respect for us or Africans in the diaspora dead or alive in America,Caribbean or Africa because this country predicated on white supremacy and white privilege. This is unacceptable +disgusting and someone should be held accountable at West Suburban Hospital.

don't believe that ..cause they waited way too long to tell this story ..

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