Morgue in India used to freeze food

Consumers in Tripura, India were shocked to learn that their local hospital morgue was being used to store food. The morgue storage facillity was being used to store a type of fish called hilsa.

Corrupt hospital employees received small payments for helping fish merchants store their fish inside the morgue. Fish was stored along with human bodies in cooling boxes for a charge of about $0.20 per kilogram per night. This rate was much cheaper than private refrigeration storage in India.

This corruption was uncovered by a local reporter who posed as a fish merchant and was given a tour of the facility by corrupt hospital workers.

The Indian health minister called for an investigation and suspended one employee.