Bodies are being kept in conference rooms at Ottawa’s biggest hospital due to overcrowded morgues, according to a union leader.
Lou Burri, president of CUPE Local 4000, told The Canadian Press it first happened last October but has become a continuing problem as the hospital's infrastructure is stretched further beyond capacity.
Burri, who represents workers from the hospital’s civic and general campuses, said there were even rumours of smells coming from one of the rooms. The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care told CTV Ottawa they’re currently monitoring the situation of morgue capacity in the city. “In Ontario the Funeral Service Act requires that we have proper holding facilities for remains,” he said.
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