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THANE: There are 27 unclaimed bodies lying in the mortuary of the state-run Civil Hospital here and more unclaimed bodies are brought in every day. Till the time the bodies remain in the room, work cannot be undertaken. Hospital authorities said about four unidentified bodies of railway accident victims are brought to the hospital daily .To tide over the present crisis, hospital staff have put several ice slabs in the mortuary. Also, the bodies cannot be shifted as they will then start decomposing," said Dr Prasannakumar Deshmukh, additional civil surgeon. "We have written to the police authorities and have asked them to take the bodies soon..