The newly modernized morgue at the Health Sciences Centre is scheduled to open mid-month.
The public was horrified to learn last year that a number of freezer units, which had been set up just outside the hospital, were being used to store unclaimed bodies.
Those units were later moved into an underground parking area while a new morgue, with increased capacity, was under construction.
Renovations of parking garage from June 2024. (File photo)
The CEO of NLHS, Pat Parfrey, says the new morgue is on track to open on April 14.
In January, new legislation was enacted giving NLHS the ability to respectfully bury some of the 32 unclaimed human remains being stored at the time.
The number of bodies currently in storage is in the range of 30 to 35.
