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CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet held a discussion on legislation to be adopted that will affect the disposal of unclaimed cadavers.<\/p>

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Several families have refused to accept the bodies of their family members leaving them in the freezers at the funeral homes.<\/p>\n

The Cabinet is therefore giving consideration to legislation providing public notice that will allow the government, after a notice period, to move forward with the burial of the unclaimed bodies.<\/p>

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