Plans for a review of mortuary services at University Hospital Waterford are being finalised and the final report will be available in September, Health Minister Simon Harris has announced. The review follows claims made by four consultants that dead bodies were decomposing on trolleys in the corridor of the mortuary. Mr Harris said the terms of reference of the review of mortuary facilities had been “signed off” today. A new mortuary would be built on the site within two years and approval to go to tender had been received this month. Mr Harris, who gave an update on health issues to the Joint Committee on Health, said interim control measures had been taken at the mortuary and additional refrigeration had been provided.

Source: Irish Examiner May 22, 2019 15:10 UTC