{"id":196283,"date":"2024-03-01T05:55:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T09:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=196283"},"modified":"2024-03-01T05:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T09:57:18","slug":"ministry-of-health-alerts-families-that-six-bodies-some-unclaimed-since-2021-will-be-buried-if-left-unclaimed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/ministry-of-health-alerts-families-that-six-bodies-some-unclaimed-since-2021-will-be-buried-if-left-unclaimed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health alerts families that six bodies \u2013 some unclaimed since 2021 \u2013 will be buried if left unclaimed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1653320874\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"content\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<article id=\"post-14652\" class=\"post-14652 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business category-environment category-health category-news\">\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p>Real News: In line with the recent amendments to the Public Health Act, the<br \/>\nMinistry of Health has issued a press release notifying the family of<br \/>\nsix deceased men \u2013 some of whose bodies have been unclaimed for<br \/>\nyears \u2013 that their burials will take place if the corpses are not<br \/>\nclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2023, the Houses of Parliament approved a Bill that<br \/>\nauthorizes funeral homes to bury unclaimed bodies after a specified<br \/>\ntime.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Act, \u201cWhere any human corpse \u2026 remains<br \/>\nunclaimed for more than fourteen days, the director of the funeral<br \/>\nhome or the person in charge of the authorized place for keeping<br \/>\nhuman corpses shall obtain permission from the Chief Public Health<br \/>\nInspector to bury or cremate such corpse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Office of the Chief Health Inspector is advising the public of<br \/>\nthe names of the deceased and the dates of their passing:<\/p>\n<p>Nathaniel Andrew, who died on December 28, 2021; Dequan<br \/>\nCummings, who died on January 12, 2022; Renol Delva, whose death<br \/>\nis recorded as September 23, 2021; Anderson Quinland, who passed<br \/>\non September 18, 2022; Edward Sylvester, who departed this life on<br \/>\nDecember 6, 2021; and Kimo Lee who passed away on October 18,<br \/>\n2022.<\/p>\n<p>All the corpses are being kept in storage at the Barnes Funeral<br \/>\nHome.<\/p>\n<p>In order to avoid these bodies being summarily buried within 14<br \/>\ndays, family members are asked to contact Jessica Barnes, the<br \/>\nmanaging director of the funeral home, on lower Newgate Street, to<br \/>\narrange for private ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>If relatives fail to show up at the funeral home after this notice, the<br \/>\npress release advises, the Government will take the appropriate<br \/>\naction and have the bodies interred at a public cemetery without<br \/>\nfurther notice.<\/p>\n<p>The families are advised that legal action after burial of their<br \/>\nrelatives is not an option, since the amendments to the\u00a0Public Health<br \/>\nAct authorize the Government to take this action.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/K6ik1ayPDdvJQk3KYXjb5a\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE WHATS APP GROUP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/K6ik1ayPDdvJQk3KYXjb5a\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO 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