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Bodies Decomposed in the Cold Storage Unit of a Well-Known Hospital. "Swill and Malaria"

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The bodies of some patients lay in the mortuary of Warsaw's hospital on Banacha Street for so long that they were in advanced decomposition, according to Onet. "It was basically filth and malaria," described one former employee of a private funeral home who handled the preparation and disposal of bodies.
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A scandal with a touch of the grotesque has erupted in Poland. The bodies of some deceased patients at a Warsaw hospital had not left the morgue for several months, causing them to begin to decompose rapidly. "The smell was terrible. When I opened the refrigerator, the stench spread throughout the room," says a former employee of a private company that manages the hospital's cold storage and the storage of patients' bodies.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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According to the media, the bodies of patients who died in the hospital on Banacha Street sometimes lay in the mortuary for so long that they became deeply decomposed.

·Warsaw, Poland
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The bodies of some patients lay in the mortuary of Warsaw's hospital on Banacha Street for so long that they were in advanced decomposition, according to Onet. "It was basically filth and malaria," described one former employee of a private funeral home who handled the preparation and disposal of bodies.

The bodies of some deceased patients of the hospital on Banacha Street were not removed from the mortuary building for many months, which led to their deep deterioration.

·Kraków, Poland
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Onet broke the news in Kraków, Poland on Monday, August 3, 2026.
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