Hillbrow Mortuary autopsy backlog: GP Health Dept to hire more pathologists

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The acting CEO of the Gauteng Forensic Pathology Services said the provincial Department of Health was allocated a budget to hire seven new pathologists for the Hillbrow Mortuary and vowed it would not perform no less than 16 daily autopsies.

JOHANNESBURG - The Gauteng Department of Health said it's working tirelessly to address the shortage of pathologists at the Hillbrow Mortuary in Johannesburg.

Sources at the mortuary told Eyewitness News that there were times when there was only one pathologist on duty.But Gauteng Forensic Pathology Services acting CEO Thembalethu Mpahlaza said the department was allocated a budget to recruit seven new pathologists for the mortuary.Mpahlaza said in efforts to address the backlog of autopsies at the Hillbrow Mortuary, the department would perform no less than 16 autopsies per day.

 

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