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Woman Sent To Morgue ... While Still Living

Posted 11.27.2011

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When a nurse and doctor in Brazil found Rosa Celestrino de Assis, a woman who was in the hospital for pneumonia, without vital signs, they pronounced ...

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Dead Man Waking: Alive After 21 Hours In Morgue Fridge

AP | By NASTASYA TAY | Posted 09.24.2011

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JOHANNESBURG -- A South African man awoke to find himself in a morgue fridge – nearly a day after his family thought he had died, a health offic...

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Unclaimed Persons: Please Tell Someone

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011

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Megan Smolenyak

The first piece I wrote for The Huffington Post was about unclaimed persons, one of those quiet epidemics that somehow slips beneath the radar. As I ...

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Esprit de Mort: When Funeral Workers Behave Badly

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lapham's Quarterly

A series of photos taken at Brooklyn morgue were published this week in the New York Post, revealing less than deferential treatment of the city's dead.

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Haiti Earthquake Aid Slowly Reaching Victims As Desperation Grows

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and MIKE MELIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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Click here for earlier updates from Haiti -- Follow the latest breaking news via our Haiti Twitter list -- See the latest images here -- Find out how ...

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More Bodies Left Unclaimed By Families Who Can't Afford Burial Costs

Posted 05.25.2011

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Several states in the U.S. provide funding for indigent burials, or the burial of bodies who have no home or whose family could not be found. But in 2...

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Gaza Morgue Overflows With Bodies

Bloomberg.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The refrigerated compartments at Shifa Hospital's morgue in Gaza City were filled three bodies to a drawer. Dozens more corp...

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