Bodies pile up in mortuary

Harare - Zimbabwe's Ha rare hospital mortuary is holding 1,200 bodies, 20 times its normal capacity, the state-owned Sunday Mail…

Harare - Zimbabwe's Ha rare hospital mortuary is holding 1,200 bodies, 20 times its normal capacity, the state-owned Sunday Mail newspaper reported yesterday. Hospital workers said the problem was being compounded by the mortuary's old refrigeration system, which broke down frequently.

More than 500 people die from AIDS each week in Zimbabwe.

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