Thessaloniki funeral directors offer free burials for 25 unclaimed dead

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Funeral directors successful Thessaloniki person volunteered to hide 25 unclaimed bodies escaped of complaint aft some had remained successful acold storage for years astatine the city’s forensic department.

According to Nestoras Nikolopoulos, caput of the Association of Funeral Directors and Embalmers of Macedonia, some of the bodies had been kept successful refrigeration units for arsenic agelong arsenic six years.

Speaking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, Nikolopoulos said the burials followed months of coordination betwixt forensic authorities, religion representatives, cemetery administrations, municipalities and the ceremonial directors’ association.

“We volunteered to take bodies that had been successful refrigerators for galore years to their last resting place,” helium said.

While idiosyncratic ceremonial directors had antecedently handled isolated cases of unclaimed remains, Nikolopoulos noted that this was the archetypal clip the relation had collectively undertaken such a ample effort.

“It is simply a shame that bodies stay successful refrigerators for a agelong time,” helium added.

Thessaloniki’s forensic work thanked the ceremonial directors for what it described arsenic “an illustration of humanity and solidarity,” saying their publication ensured dignity for the deceased.