Gauteng Health launches digital fingerprint system to help identify unclaimed bodies
The Gauteng Health Department is introducing a new digital fingerprint system on Thursday to help with the identification of unclaimed bodies at the province’s mortuaries.
The department said that it has been overwhelmed by the high number of unclaimed and unidentified bodies at its facilities over the years.
It said 11 of its forensic pathology service mortuaries are holding bodies past their capacity. This while dealing with the impact of load shedding.
MEC @NkomoNomantu is at the Germiston Forensic Pathology Service (FPS) this morning for the launch of the digital finger print system, which is aimed at effectively identifying the deceased and locating their families pic.twitter.com/bduAqauP4l
— Gauteng Health (@GautengHealth) July 13, 2023
Earlier this year, almost 1,000 unclaimed and unidentified bodies were recorded in Joburg and Germiston.
The launch of the new fingerprint system is supposed to ensure that fingerprints of the deceased are captured more clearly, and help with the immediate identification of the bodies too.
The Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research has teamed up with the Centre for Public Service Innovation to implement the new system.
A launch event is taking place at the Germiston Police Station on Thursday.
-EWN
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