The Upper East Regional Police Command has pleaded with the families of the deceased whose bodies are being held at the Upper East Regional Hospital Morgue to come identify and take them for burial in order to avoid having to conduct mass burials.
The Command claims that there are currently 27 unidentified bodies in their mortuary and that they must be removed immediately in order to clear up the morgue’s overcrowding.
Between 2020 and 2023, the aforementioned unidentified bodies were collected from various sites throughout the region.
“This exercise is to allow the Hospital to free the space in the morgue in order to enhance the Hospital’s Morgue operations and also afford relatives to give them a befitting burial,” according to a statement made by Assistant Superintendent of Police David Fianko-Okyere.
The statement stated that a mass burial would be held to clear space if the bodies were still present in the mortuary after the next 21 days, which falls on August 1, 2023.
Further, it urged those who were prepared to identify their deceased loved ones and gather their bodies for burial to seek guidance from the Medical Director, Bolgatanga, or Upper East Regional police command.
The Upper East Regional Police Command issued the following statement, which is below:
Police report
Meanwhile, Aisha Huang and the “galamsey queen,” a Chinese national currently on trial in Ghana for her role in mining operations, has described her stay there.
On Monday, July 10, 2023, Aisha Huang, who was the defendant in the State Prosecution’s case against her, stated her defense in court. She claimed she had contact with the other four Chinese nationals who had been arrested alongside her.
She claimed to live in Ahodwo in Kumasi, in the Ashanti region, and own a supermarket, which she claimed helped her understand the fundamentals of English for her daily activities and made her the go-to person for both Ghanaians and other Chinese nationals.
She has denied having any involvement in Ghana’s mining industry.
