Health Department to exhume eleven (11) bodies

NORTH WEST – A male patient went missing in the early 2000s at Thusong Hospital near Lichtenburg. The department recently obtained a court order from the Ditsobotla Magistrates’ Court to start with the exhume of eleven (11) bodies at the Boikhutso Township Cemetery. Spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane says they suspect the missing patient may have been buried in a pauper’s grave.

“DNA tests conducted on the remains of a body found at the hospital at the time proved inconclusive. However, following a lengthy investigation, it is now suspected that the remains of the missing patient could be in one of the eleven graves. The suspected remains are said to have been buried with some personal items which could assist in the identification process.”