Work in the morgue: not for the faint of heart

Working in a morgue always causes unhealthy interest. Someone is interested in "otherworldly" moments related to the dead.

Someone can not understand what compels people to spend so much time next to the deceased for a scanty salary. What is the work in the morgue?

Who works there?

"Morgue" or "pokoynitskaya" - the old-fashioned,unprofessional names of the pathomorphological department. It is the pathologist doctor who is the last person to determine the exact cause of death. In order to do this correctly, you need to have the most versatile knowledge, high professionalism, efficiency and ... the ability to communicate with people. After all, it is the pathologist who has to talk with the relatives of the deceased. Unfortunately, the pathomorphological department is funded by the "residual" principle, so the "white" salary of both pathologists and nurses leaves much to be desired.

There are other specialties in the morgue. The work orderly in the morgue on the shoulder is not for everyone. It is the orderlies who are engaged in "dirty" work: they carry the corpses, wash them, put things in order after the autopsy. The work is not easy and very low paid, so it is often taken by those who do not want to hire other companies: people without education, drinkers, etc. Of course, this is not the case everywhere. In large cities, only people with medical education are employed, even by nurses. In many localities, it's not easy to get an orderly to a morgue. The queue is painted for many years to come. What is so attractive about working in the morgue? The salary there is small, labor - heavy. What's the secret?

How much do they get in the morgue?

Salary in the morgue is really tiny, anddoctors, and junior staff. But ... relatives of customers pay (often behind the scenes, by the cash register) all additional services. And there are a lot of them: the deceased needs to be washed, changed, sometimes - colored, so that his appearance does not shock relatives. All this costs a lot of money. That's why many orderlies are ready to go to work on holidays, provide a variety of services. All-knowing journalists found out that working in a morgue as a hospital attendant gives an income that exceeds even the salaries of pathologists and doctors. Work in the morgue is thousands of rubles of illegal income. Another thing is that not everyone's conscience allows taking money from grief-stricken relatives. But this is a completely different story.

Morgue: Mysticism

In the morgue there are people who do not believe in eitherGod, or otherworldly forces. This is understandable: a person who believes in devilry, resurrection, positive and negative vibrations, could not be with the corpses for most of his time. Are there mystical cases in the morgue? Probably. Watching who and what he believes. It happened, though infrequently, that the dead, who entered the pathomorphological department, suddenly revived. Is this mystery or just an oversight of the doctors? Unknown. Very popular are the "reliable" stories of the orderlies about how people scream in crematoria, who, being dead, are burned alive. But not a single proven case has been recorded, so these stories remain on the conscience of their storytellers. Is it frightening to work in a morgue? You know, some are afraid of the dark, even if they are at home. Each person has his own fear. Work in the morgue is not much different from the work of plumbing, car mechanic, cosmetologist, if a person treats her with love or respect.