MJC calls meeting with health officials in light of mortuary backlog
By Mishka Daries The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has raised concerns following reports from the community that bodies are not being swiftly released from Cape Town mortuaries in time for the customary 24-hr burial procedure in Islam. A number of families in Cape Town are waiting anxiously for the bodies of deceased, due to delays in finalizing post mortems. The Western Cape Health Department's Forensic Pathology Services (FPS) in the […]
