Power outage forces Chongjin hospital to cremate body without consent

Power outage forces Chongjin hospital to cremate body without consent

A hospital in Chongjin, the capital of North Korea’s North Hamgyong province, cremated a patient’s body without the family’s consent this month, after power outages disabled the morgue’s refrigeration equipment. The secret cremation came to light when a grieving relative arrived to collect the body and found it gone. The family’s outrage has since prompted a district party committee to open an investigation. According to a source in the country …

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A hospital in Chongjin, the capital of North Korea’s North Hamgyong province, cremated a patient’s body without the family’s consent this month, after power outages disabled the morgue’s refrigeration equipment. The secret cremation came to light when a grieving relative arrived to collect the body and found it gone. The family’s outrage has since prompted […] The post Power outage forces Chongjin hospital to cremate body without consent appeare…