crookedspire Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) A job that needs doing but many would be put off doing this job, a strong stomach is required as we shall call them ' customers ' we arrive in many different states. Does anyone on here work in a morgue what does it involved and how do cope doing such a job? Edited August 17, 2015 by crookedspire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 A job that needs doing but many would be but off doing this job, a strong stomach is required as we shall call them ' customers ' we arrive in many different states. Does anyone on here work in a morgue what does it involved and how do cope doing such a job? Shouldn't this thread be in 'General Dissections'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookedspire Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 Shouldn't this thread be in 'General Dissections'? I will suggest to the mods about a new section for potential morgue workers, could be a deathly experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I don't work in the field, but if I was physically capable I wouldn't rule it out if there was a vacancy and I was in need of a job. I was considering a career in scenes of crime forensics before I got ill and my previous research job involved dissecting people shortly after death to retrieve liver tissue (with permission, of course). Everybody deserves to be treated with respect and dignity after death because everybody is someone's child, partner, parent or loved one. The smells you get used to very rapidly, as you do if you're a surgeon operating on various smelly parts of the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Where is the morgue in Sheffield, just out of interest? is it somewhere near West Bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) Medico legal centre on Watery Street . https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/caresupport/bereavement/medicolegal.html Edited August 17, 2015 by Daven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookedspire Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 I couldn't tell were in Sheffield the morgue's are but I should have thought that Northern General should have one. At the Chesterfield Royal Hospital the morgue is almost underground and quite high tech , the now closed Derbyshire Royal Infirmary at Derby was a bungalow type building towards the back of the grounds saying it was for a city the morgue was quite small, a viewing room, medical observation area, storage area and office . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) The mortuary at the NGH is massive - I forget now how many deceased people it holds but it's hundreds I believe. The building is very modern and state-of-the-art and is situated at the top of the Herries Road drive I would say that to be a hospital mortician you certainly need a very strong stomach and the ability to detach yourself from the knowledge that each body has been a person and someones loved one without losing the ability to be respectful of them. I would imagine this is quite hard sometimes - especially if the deceased is a young person. The smell would be the worst thing for me though ............... To answer the OP's question - no I don't think I could work there - I prefer to care for patients whilst they are still alive - but each to his own I guess. Edited August 18, 2015 by Daven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I knew people who used to work in a funeral directors, preparing bodies for burial etc. Not a job I would want, but they were very professional, (apart from a few jokes at the apprentice's expense...) and took great pride in their work. I think we are too far removed from death these days, and want to believe it doesn't really happen, or only to other people. But it's part of the great cycle and is going to come for us all in the end. Not one person, no matter how rich or famous, has managed to avoid it since the world began. Better get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 An old classmate of mine worked for the county coroner. Their facility handled finding people's next of kin, and cremation for the indigent and those whose families were unable or unwilling to make other arrangements. She said notifying the families was the absolute worst most heart wrenching part of the job. Lots of drug and alcohol related deaths. One woman told her the last time she'd seen her brother, he stole her TV. Some crime victims, traffic accidents, etc. I would work in a morgue. I don't know if I could keep doing it, but I'd give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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