Norfolk hospital start to use temporary mortuary in old aircraft hangar

A temporary mortuary that was set up in a former aircraft hangar at the start of the pandemic is in use for the first time.

The facility at the former RAF Coltishall base, now known as the Scottow Enterprise Park, was not required during the first wave of coronavirus but is now being used by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Tom McCabe, chairman of Norfolk's Covid-19 Strategic Co-ordination Group, said:

The hospital is using the temporary mortuary due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on top of usual winter pressures, and while it puts new equipment in place.