Mlungisi Gumede
Shocking images have emerged from inside the government mortuary in Phoenix, showing rooms overflowing with corpses, some of which have allegedly been there for over eight years.
At their wit’s end and out of options, a distressed mortuary worker leaked the images to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Oversight Committee.
The IFP in the KZN Legislature has expressed concern over the pictures.
“The IFP is shocked by the images currently making the rounds on social media platforms, showing corpses packed like sardines, some piled high, with others seemingly left to rot on the floors of the Phoenix Mortuary,” the IFP spokesperson for the Department of Health in the KZN Legislature, Ncamisile Nkwanyana, told Scrolla.Africa.
Nkwanyana accused provincial MEC for Health Nomagugu Simelane of failing to lead the department.
“This department appears to be in limbo, without hope of improvement. We are calling for MEC Simelane to account for the failings of her incompetent administration, and to bring solutions to the table.”
The IFP has been vocal regarding its deep dissatisfaction with Simelane’s administration since she assumed the province’s critical Health Department’s highest office.
“Tragically, this department seems to make the news only for the wrong reasons,” said Nkwanyana.
“We can’t allow the citizens of KwaZulu-Natal to be subjected to this kind of treatment, let alone the staff and workers who have to persevere despite the hazardous environment.”
Nkwanyana said the people of KZN deserve quality healthcare, and to be treated with dignity.
Simelane did not respond to Scrolla.Africa’s request for comment.
Image source: The Citizen
