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Families and communities in St. Kitts and Nevis are reeling from an alleged incident at the JNF Hospital, where the wrong body was buried in an apparent morgue mishap or misidentification. The leadership of the healthcare system, particularly the Ministry of Health and the JNF Hospital, faces heavy scrutiny as outrage mounts over the alleged grave error. An inside source at the hospital shed light on the disturbing sequence of events, revealing that allegedly a government burial meant for an unclaimed body, often referred to as a “pauper,” resulted in the wrong deceased being laid to rest. The protocol for identifying the deceased, either by a sole living relative or the Discharged Coordinator Nurse, appears to have failed, leading to the burial of the wrong individual.The alleged mishap underscores a grave failure in hospital and funeral home procedures, as all dead bodies are supposed to be tagged with demographic information for proper identification. The alleged qmix-up occurred when the funeral home and a representative from the hospital mistakenly transported the wrong body to the burial site, leaving the intended deceased behind.This tragic situation highlights the urgent need for improved protocols and oversight within the healthcare system to prevent such egregious errors in the future. As families grieve the loss of their loved ones, they demand answers, accountability, and reassurance that such grave mistakes will never happen again.

We await the Ministry of Healths Official Statement on the matter in order to shed some light and to confirm or deny the allegations .