The Kamuzu Central Hospital mortuary in Lilongwe has been closed due to the breaking down of its cold rooms, which stopped functioning over three months ago.

Sources at the mortuary who did not want to be named, confided that the move has been taken to clear the only functioning cold room which is congested.

The government has failed to repair the cold rooms which have seen the mortuary producing bitter smell to the discomfort of the people around the hospital.

Residents in the city, whose relations’ bodies were kept at the mortuary, have since been asked take them away from the mortuary.