A shortage of functioning equipment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) morgue is causing headaches for beleaguered staffers.Two senior members of staff, who spoke to Barbados TODAY on the condition of anonymity outlined a litany of issues which they insist, need to be quickly addressed to make life easier for their workers.One said that she would like authorities to deal with the “chronic” break down of the refrigerators which are used for storage of corpses. According to the hospital source, there are 34 freezers, plus the two used specifically for limbs and babies, and on a good day “you may get half working”. This has contributed to the outsourcing of cadavers to two contracted morgue facilities at an estimated cost to government of at least $150 per body per day.
