MORGUE 'S ARE FORCED TO BUY FORKLIFT'S TO MOVE OBESE

The proportion of morbidly obese corpses has increased from one to five percent. Workers were at risk of injury because the bodies are difficult to lift, move and store.
The tissue of morbidly obese patients are degraded rapidly making it hard to handle them. Autopsies have been performed on the floor,leaning from ladder's. Ambulances now being bought are extra large fitted with hydraulic lifts capable of carrying loads of one ton.