Morgue staff are reportedly risking serious back injury due to an alarming increase in seriously overweight corpses.
Almost 30 percent of bodies that are submitted for autopsies are now obese, News Ltd reports.
"Autopsies have been performed on floors, or with a pathologist leaning from a ladder, or actually standing on the trolley over a body," News Ltd reported pathologist Professor Byard as saying.
Professor Byard is calling for specialist equipment to minimise risk to employees.
ninemsn 19 April 2008
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