Party in Autopsy Room Shocks Norway
Posted on: Friday, 27 January 2006, 18:00 CST
OSLO, Norway - Health authorities expressed shock and disgust Friday over reports that employees at a hospital in southern Norway threw a party in a post-mortem room and covered an autopsy table with a white cloth and candles.
"This is unacceptable and unheard of," Health Minister Sylvia Brustad told state broadcaster NRK. "It makes me sick."
Management at the Fredrikstad hospital said it learned two weeks ago that employees had staged a Christmas celebration in the room where post-mortem examinations were performed.
The hospital said the incident had shocked its management and employees, according to a statement from administrative director Ulf Ljungblad.
The employees involved had been called in to explain themselves to their supervisors, the statement said. It was not immediately clear if they would be disciplined.
NRK said the revelers had covered the autopsy table with a white table cloth, lit candles and decked it with beer bottles.
The room is adjacent to the hospital's mortuary and chapel, NRK said.
Fredrikstad is about 50 miles south of Oslo.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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