Lagos State University Teaching Hoaspital (LASUTH) yesterday said the process of autopsy on all recovered bodies from the scene of the Dana plane crash ended yesterday. This was just as Daily Sun gathered the reasons the victims of the Dana air crash would not be given mass burial.
According to a source, a management meeting was held at the Lagos State University Teaching Hoaspital (LASUTH) with the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Jide Idris, Commissioner for Special duties, Dr. Waler Ahmed and the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Wale Oke in attendance. The source said relatives of the victims would love to bury their loved ones because it was part of their cultural attachment in the society.
“Besides, a thorough investigation such as autopsy carried out on the victims would help unravel the major cause or causes of death and even help investigate the cause of the accident by the probe panel,” said the source. He explained further that an autopsy would reveal what went wrong mid air before the plane crashed and determine whether a victim died before the actual crash or after the crash. Reports from investigations could be subsequently picked up by relevant agencies to avert similar disasters in future, the source added.
The source said with the cooperation of relatives of victims, the remains of every affected passenger and people on ground would be handed over to their families for proper burial no matter how charred or dismembered the bodies may have been. Investigations revealed that some families were yet to show up to either identify their relatives or submit samples for DNA.
That, another source disclosed, would only last for as long as the state government determines but could be influenced by the Federal Government because aviation is under the purview of Federal Government and it may choose to prolong period of identification and DNA sampling.” Our source further explained that unlike public belief, DNA was just one of the processes of identification while other necessary scientific examination carried out locally and overseas were being done on bodies.
“It is only when all of the processes are concluded and results of analysis from the victims are cross-matched with samples collected from families that a comprehensive post-mortem report will be issued and bodies released.”
Friday 15 June 2012
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