The 37 Military Hospital has announced its plan to conduct a mass burial exercise on September 1 for bodies that have been identified but remain unclaimed, as well as unidentified bodies stored at the hospital's morgue.

The primary reason for this decision is to alleviate the congestion in the mortuary, which has been affecting the hospital's day-to-day operations.

In a statement issued by the Ghana Armed Forces on August 2, they encourage relatives of the unclaimed bodies to visit the Department of Anatomical Pathology at the 37 Military Hospital between Thursday, August 3, and Thursday, August 31, 2023, to claim the bodies.

The 37 Military Hospital wants to inform the public about the impending mass burial exercise to address the issue of overcrowding in the morgue.

“The 37 Military Hospital would like to bring to the attention of the general public a pending mass burial exercise for identified but unclaimed as well as unidentified bodies at the hospital’s morgue. The continued storage of these unclaimed bodies causes congestion in the mortuary and affects efficiency in its day-to-day operation. It must be noted that the last time the hospital conducted a mass burial was on 11 March 2017.

The cooperation of the general public is sought to help identify the bodies before the scheduled mass burial on September 1, 2023.