IRAQ: Morgue can't cope with numbers of bodies arriving on a daily basis

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/41446b13be5f10f8d41f27c70b962b5c.htm

IRAQ: Morgue can't cope with numbers of bodies arriving on a daily basis, doctors say

BAGHDAD, 15 December (IRIN) - Lack of space and a shortage of doctors to deal with corpses at Baghdad's only mortuary is causing a delay in the release of bodies for burial.

"Insecurity in the country has affected our work and has caused a delay in the delivery of corpses to their families. A small number of staff and equipment has made things worse," said director of the Forensic Medicine Institute (FMI) in the Ministry of Health, Dr Fa'aq Ameen.

According to Ameen, families cannot receive bodies before they are examined and a post mortum is carried out which takes at least 2-3 days, but this goes against the need for Muslims to bury their loved ones within 24 hours as stipulated in Islam.

"We receive over 1,600 corpses on a monthly basis and the huge number of bodies has resulted in a lack of space for them," Ameen continued.

[KitSileya]

1. So, can anyone do the math?

What would be the normal number of dead in a city the size of Baghdad - has it risen, and what is attributable to insurgency, US military activity, and worsening living standards if it has?

[sabra]

2. how about all of the above?

[MountainLaurel]

4. 1,600 corpses on a monthly basis

That's more than 50 a day.

:grr:

[tuckessee]

3. Just like the fishes & loaves.....

....*'s "30,000" is multiplying miraculously.

More signs that our Prez is truly divine.

[Initech]

5. And Bush says we killed how many? 30000?

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: