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The Narok County Referral Hospital (NCRH)has issued a notice announcing its intention to dispose of 9 unclaimed bodies.

The Narok County Referral Hospital (NCRH)has issued a public notice announcing its intention to dispose of 9 unclaimed bodies.

In the notice on Saturday, August 23, NCRH gave a fourteen-day deadline for families or representatives to claim the remains.

The hospital noted that after the deadline lapses, it will seek authority from the court to dispose of the bodies.

“Narok County Referral Hospital (NCRH) hereby notifies the general public of Nine (9) unclaimed bodies lying at its Farewell Home.

“Pursuant to the Public Health Act Cap 242 and the Public Health (Public Mortuaries) Rules, 1991, relatives are requested to identify and collect the bodies within fourteen (14) days from the date hereof. Failure to which the hospital will seek authority from the court to dispose them,” the notice stated.

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File image of the Narok County Teaching and Referral Hospital.

The hospital noted that the unclaimed bodies are available at the NCRH farewell home.

The notice comes months after Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) issued a notice announcing its intention to dispose of 124 unclaimed bodies at its Farewell Home.

In the notice, KNH appealed to the public to assist in identifying and collecting the bodies.

The hospital gave a seven-day deadline for families or representatives to claim the remains before it sought court authorization for disposal.

"Kenyatta National Hospital is in possession of a number of unclaimed bodies at its Farewell Home.

"Interested members of the public are therefore requested to identify and collect the bodies within 7 days; failure to which the hospital will seek authority from the courts to dispose of them," the notice read.

According to the Public Health Act (Cap 242), which governs the disposal of unclaimed bodies, no body is allowed to remain in a mortuary for more than 10 days without being claimed.

If a body remains unclaimed for 21 days, authorities are required to seek a court order for disposal after issuing a 14-day public notice to locate next of kin. 

Unclaimed bodies are typically buried in public cemeteries or mass graves, often without rites, to manage space in mortuaries.