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Royal United Hospital, mortuary and pathology laboratory
A hospital mortuary and pathology laboratory in Bath, England

A morgue is a place where dead human bodies are kept for a short time soon after the person died. Sometimes, the body is examined by autopsy. Most often, the body is delivered to a mortuary and buried in a grave or cremated. Morgues are found in hospitals, usually on the lowest floor or basement.

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  • Morgue

    Inside view of an abandoned morgue

  • De mortuis nihil nisi bene

    Latin phrase "de mortuis nihil nisi bene" ("Of the dead, say nothing but good") written at the old morgue of Eura Church in Eura, Finland

  • COVID19 deceased in Hackensack NJ April 27

    Deceased in a 53-foot 'mobile morgue' outside a hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey on April 27, 2020

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Morgue para niños

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