Yaoundé: Mfoundi prefect announces burial of unclaimed bodies at the Central Hospital

Mfoundi Prefect Emmanuel Mariel Dikdent has announced that unclaimed bodies at the Yaoundé Central Hospital morgue will be buried on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. The operation concerns bodies deposited between July 29, 2023, and June 25, 2026, but the October 21 statement does not give an exact number. Families searching for a relative are urged to contact the hospital before the burial and consult the list of 76 abandoned bodies published by the Ministry of Public Health on September 22; several remain unidentified.