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Dead refugees on Samos pile up because there’s nowhere to put the bodies (disturbing pics)

The bodies are in limbo land, stuck in a hospital, waiting to be buried

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18Disturbing images of refugee  bodies piled up in a Greek island morgue at the Greek hospital  of Samos – stuck there – because there is simply nowhere else to put them and doctors are simply understaffed, and unable to handle the volume of work required to bury the dead. The problem is expected to get worse over winter as more people drown while trying to make their perilous journey.

 Doctors had been issuing certificates without performing post-mortens, a practice stopped afterit came to the attention of the country’s coroner’s association that branded the practise as illegal.

Gruesome: Bodies of refugees and migrants piled up at the main hospital of the Greek island of Samos. The island has no trained coroners and doctors are unable to cope with the scale of work at the hospital

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Unable to cope: Dozens of migrants and refugee continue to cross the Aegean every day, and increasing numbers are dying while attempting the perilous crossing as the winter weather gets worse

Waiting for burial: Up until now, doctors have been issuing certificates without post-mortems. But the practice has come to the attentions of the country's coroners' association, which has branded it illegal
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 Relief: Drowning at sea is classed as a violent death by the coroners' association, and therefore a post-mortem is mandatory. Pictured, refugees and migrants arriving on Lesbos today

 Doctors had been issuing certificates without performing post-mortens, a practice stopped afterit came to the attention of the country’s coroner’s association that branded the practise as illegal.

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