Walsall Manor Hospital - histopathology department
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Walsall Manor Hospital - histopathology department
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 13 Jan 2020
This is the hospital's department of histopathology (cellular pathology) and includes a Coroner's court and the adjoining mortuary. I worked in this building from 1994 to 2005 but it is soon to be moving to a new large facility at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton. The wooden fence on the right encloses an external body store for the mortuary. This addressed the winter capacity issue that had seen bodies stored in a refrigerated lorry trailer in the estates yard. By 2005 when I left it was realised this was no longer acceptable and money was spent to provide a more dignified solution. This is a common problem and other hospitals are also seeking solutions.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.581881
Longitude
-2.000695