IRAQ: Baghdad mortuary overwhelmed by rising numbers of dead

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/98622f02b209f5774ca610b3a24ea86e.htm

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"Not only is there the suffering of having my son brutally killed, but now I must wait hours until the mortuary can examine his body," said Sajida.

Lack of space, a shortage of doctors and an increase in the number of victims of daily violence countrywide has put pressure on Baghdad's only mortuary, which used to release bodies in five hours or less. "We have a lack of equipment and professionals," said Dr Fa'aq Ameen, director of the health ministry's Forensic Medicine Institute.

"Our work is getting more difficult because more Iraqis are being brutally killed, requiring lengthy investigations and examinations that can take hours and sometimes days."

An average of 70 civilians are killed in Baghdad every day, largely a result of the sectarian violence which has been on the rise since the 22 February attack on a revered Shi'ite shrine in Samarra city. Every month, the mortuary receives more than 1,500 bodies, not including the bodies of people killed in the north and south of the country.

"We can store up to 120 corpses, but with the ongoing violence and examination delays, we sometimes find ourselves with double that number," Ameen said. He went on to warn of the possibility of disease if bodies remained without refrigeration for long periods of time and stressed the morgue's need for more refrigeration units.

different source, but the same subject.
Depressing isn't it?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2265651

:( I thought it sounded familiar.

Shiites are now being attacked more often than US troops. Shiite militias are terrorizing Sunnis and moderate Shiites. It's been a while since a republican asked me if Iraqis are better off now than they were with Saddam.

because he couldn't take it anymore. so many daily deaths finally got to him. he was burnt out.

:kick: