Morgue Heist: Body Held At Nakuru War Memorial Hospital Mortuary Over Ksh.900K Bill Stolen
Written by Bessy Awuor on February 24, 2024
The woes surrounding the Nakuru War Memorial Hospital are far from over after it emerged that robbers broke into the facility’s morgue and made away with a body that had been preserved for close to six months.
The hospital’s matron Patricia Musale says the female body had been preserved at the facility from September 2023 following a family dispute between a father and his children.
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The family approached the War Memorial Hospital matron inquiring on how they would settle a Ksh.921,000 bill but on 20th February, unknown assailants broke into the morgue and took the body of the woman before taking it to the Nakuru Referral Hospital Morgue for preservation.
The family would later transfer it to Umash Funeral Home on 21st February 2024.
The War Memorial Hospital Matron Patricia Musale says she reported the matter at Kaptembo Police Station in Nakuru West where police officers have launched investigations.
Musale says the body was moved without proper documentation and an uncleared bill
