[kellyhound]

Ghana, There was drama at the Tema Community Nine Cemetery on Saturday, when two mortuary men from the Tema General Hospital aggressively removed a dead body from its coffin at the cemetery, over the refusal of the bereaved family to pay an amount of GHc 150 as undertaking charges.

The incident, which was a surprise to many, happened in the full glare of family members and sympathizers of the bereaved family, who had gone to lay their dead to rest.

In a state of shock, the sympathizers who had gone to the cemetery to mourn with the bereaved family, stood helplessly, as they looked on while the body was removed from the coffin by the two angry mortuary men.

Just as the coffin was about to be put into the grave, the two mortuary men appeared at the cemetery, and demanded the family of the bereaved paid an amount of GHc 150 ($ 35) owed an undertaker, who had dressed the body at the hospital prior to the burial.

According to one of the mortuary men who spoke to Citi News on condition of anonymity, their action at the cemetery was informed based on the fact that the family of the bereaved failed to pay an amount of GHc 150 that was changed as service fee for dressing the body and preparing it for the family.

“The undertaker who dressed the body, charged the bereaved family GHc 150 for dressing their body; but the family decided to runaway with the body after the undertaker had dressed it.

So we got wind of the incident and got angry hence our action at the cemetery. Though we took the body out of the coffin in an attempt to bring it back to the mortuary for safe keep until such time the money was paid.

Some sympathizers intervened later and paid us a negotiable amount of one hundred Ghana cedis which we accepted and allowed them to have the body for burial.” (Video 2)

The mortuary man noted that “some families are fond of taking advantage of us without paying us (the mortuary men) our service charges, so what we did last Saturday is to serve as a warning to those who would want to take advantage of us and exploit us in the course of our work.

We, the mortuary men, sometimes have our special services we render to families whose bodies are with us and some families often than not decide to breach it. We shall not allow that again” he said.

[Susan]

Maybe they should make them pay first? I'm surprised they weren't beaten. If that had been my family member being dragged out the coffin like that I can't say I would have been able to control myself.

[Davis916]

That is very disturbing to say that least. I am think I would have never allow that to happen to one of my loved ones. 35 bucks? Savage bastard. I like capitalism, but I think they may be pushing it.

[danielsan]

What the fuckity fuck was that?

[Pyramid_Head]

Well they did try to screw the guy over. But removing the body was a bit excessive.

[mothmon]

Well, I'll tell ya, if I ever have to dress a dead body, I'd better be damn well paid for it! I understand their anger but not the way they went about expressing it. But, hey, it's the third world. They think in strange, mysterious and primitive ways there. This very country (whatever shithole it is) will mob-lynch a guy for stealing a moped yet others will stand idly by as loved ones' corpses are desecrated. Don't try to figure them out.

[winnn420]

I don't see anything wrong with it...pay me my money or give me back my shit! You think his family would paid the bill AFTER he was in the ground if they tried to stiff the mortuary before he was burried? I bet the "mortuary men" won't be letting someone walk out the door without paying again anytime soon

[King Herald]

These are the sort of savages that burn each other to death for not saying good morning or stealing a grape etc!

Ripping someone's loved one from their coffin mid burial is chicken feed, every day stuff. Fuckin' inbred tree dwellers, the lot of them!

[docfr8]

First and foremost very disrespectful for the deceased... Grieving family members dont want to see disrespect to the deceased

Flipside to that:
Its also understood that these guys have to make a living and without getting ripped off...

Sidenote:
These people appeared to be grieving and now they are going to be pissed off because the funeral service personnel are disrespecting the deceased....

Third world country with a with a high frequency of angry mobs casting out their aggression with deadly violence.. Very risky TBQH

I guess they wanted to make sure they got paid and believed that the risk was worth the price...

In reality, maybe this has happens 20-40% of the time.. Once the guys is buried, the family is like, "We had our funeral already, we dont have the extra money, so fuck it."

In the end, these guys still get fucked, so they dont give a fuck

[BrianBear5150]

Weird... what were they going to do with the stiff?