JCMC morgue reaches capacity, Ballad Health to use mobile morgue - WJHL-TV News Channel 11

(WJHL) — Ballad Health says the morgue at Johnson City Medical Center has reached capacity and the hospital will likely have to use a refrigerated morgue trailer parked at the facility.

Hospital workers may begin using the mobile morgue as soon as tonight, according to Ballad.

Johnson City Medical Center’s morgue has a capacity of seven bodies, according to a spokesperson.

There are currently nine morgue trailers in Tennessee, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

Three are in West Tennessee, four in Middle Tennessee, and two in East Tennessee — one in Johnson City and the other in Knoxville.