mortuary

So what do we know about the failings in post-death care and the mortuary service?

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

In 2024, a stillborn baby "remained in fridge for four days on the labour ward" and the failure to transfer her to the mortuary was only identified four days later.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Separately, two men have been bailed after being arrested in connection with operating practices at the mortuary service.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Two men, 55 and 59, were detained on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, in connection with "operating practices in the mortuary service" provided by the trust.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

I knew where they put corpses in the mortuary was different, yet I imagined Papa- Nnukwu s body being folded into a home refrigerator, the kind in our kitchen.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The pathologist added that some of the bodies appeared to have originated from hospitals and mortuaries but that would be further determined after autopsies.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Iranian mortuaries separate the bodies of men and women for religious reasons.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

The team have also been working on records in relation to cemeteries, baptisms, hospitals and mortuaries.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust said it had barred Amie Upton, who runs the Florrie's Army baby loss support and funeral service, from its mortuaries and NHS maternity wards in spring this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

It began by acts abolishing ecclesiastical exactions, such as excessive mortuaries and fees for probate, and by prohibiting pluralities except in stated cases, application to Rome for licence to evade the act being made penal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various