As the pandemic's deadly second wave continues, southwestern Ontario's largest morgue has reached capacity in recent days, forcing the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) to bring in a refrigerated trailer to store bodies. This weekend, the forensic pathology unit for the London network of hospitals reached its 28-bed capacity and officials brought in a mobile unit to store bodies until the backlog can be dealt with. Since the start of the pandemic there have been 108 deaths in the Middlesex-London Health Unit catchment area attributed to COVID-19. The LHSC's Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PaLM) program is the regional forensic pathology unit for southwestern Ontario run by both St. Joseph's Health Care and London Health Sciences Centre. "London Health Sciences Centre is committed to the safe and respectful care and sheltering of bodies after death," Kearns said.

Source: CBC News January 05, 2021 13:18 UTC