Public protector’s Phoenix mortuary probe to focus on 'new issues'
Complaints about unsafe working conditions at the Phoenix mortuary have come under the public protector's microscope.
Staff members say they don't have enough tools and protective gear to do their work.
Some equipment's broken, while storage space has become a major issue.
They say they have no choice but to keep some unidentified bodies on the morgue floor.
The public protector's Oupa Segalwe says their investigation will focus on new issues not covered during a 2019 probe, which unveiled a host of problems at KZN's mortuaries including Phoenix.
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"Recent revelations about the alleged state of affairs at the Phoenix facility are a source of grave concern for the PPSA when viewed against a report on the implementation of the remedial action received in June 2019 from then Acting Head of the Department, Dr M Gumede.
"Dr Gumede's report gave the impression that the department was seized with the implementation of the remedial action.
"The PPSA believes that had the remedies been implemented as suggested by Dr Gumede, conditions at the Phoenix facility as reported would have been different."
