Catholic Body Unveils New Morgue In PH

Our Lady Health Of the Sick,  a charity arm of the Catholic Church, Port Harcourt Diocese, has opened a new morgue capable of housing 500 bodies.
The morgue was unveiled last weekend in Port Harcourt labelled Lazarus Home.
Aside preserving dead bodies, the facility will offer ancillary health services that will cover medical treatment and therapies.
The Hospital Administrator, Rev. Father Noel Nalelo told newsmen during the ceremony that the facility covers both social care and therapeutic services.
“ Our target is to compete with the best mortuaries in the state and country at large, “ Rev. Father Nalelo said.
He assured  that their services will be open to the public but driven with the eye for international standards.
In his words, “ our motto is “ Dignifying the Dead. We pledge to treat and care for the bodies of the dead with utmost respect.”
The Rev father drew examples from the Bible citing the case of Lazarus where he was laid in a tomb where Jesus Christ came to raise him later.
As far as he was concerned, the morgue is built in such a way that dead bodies will not be treated with levity.

By: Kevin Nengia