Edhi gets ‘biggest’ mobile mortuary in world

The Edhi Foundation has acquired a refrigerated mobile mortuary for transportation of at least 16 and a maximum of 32 bodies at a time.

The mobile mortuary parked at the Edhi Centre near Tower for the time being will soon be moved to the Bilquis Edhi Free Hospital in Musa Lane where they provide free burial shrouds and other services for the dead.Providing details to Dawn about the special vehicle on Saturday, Edhi spokesperson Anwar Kazmi said that the idea for the mobile mortuary came to Abdul Sattar Edhi’s son Faisal Edhi while sensing the need for it.

“It was around the time the bodies of the victims of the Turbat carnage were brought here by Edhi ambulances in very bad and decomposed state. That prompted the Edhi Foundation to think about doing something for the preservation of bodies during transit,” he said.

“This is the first biggest mobile mortuary of its kind in the world,” Mr Kazmi said.

“The mobile itself is a four-by-four diesel Hino truck costing Rs7 million. The fabrication of its body was done free of cost as a donation by a philanthropist whose name has been printed on the side of the truck,” he added.

Sunday 25 November 2012

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