Deceased deserve final ambulance ride

Madigele said this after Mochudi East MP Bright Molebatsi expressed great concern over ambulance drivers who refuse to transport dead people to the clinic so that they could be certified dead.  He said in most cases when a person dies at home, when ambulances are called to carry the body the hospital; health personnel refuse claiming that they do not carry dead bodies.

“Why is it important that a deceased person be certified dead by medical doctors only? This situation inconveniences the deceased’s family more especially the underprivileged members of the community who cannot afford to pay for transport to take their loved ones to the hospital for them to be certified dead. This inconvenience is attributed by the fact that mortuaries and ambulance services cannot be availed until one is certified dead by a medical doctor,” he said.