Joanne Cummings, the co-owner of Pilbara Funeral Services in Port Hedland, said the Hedland Health Campus had refused to take the bodies of two large people in the past year after claiming it did not have the equipment to accept bodies of such size.

Ms Cummings said the latest incident occurred on Wednesday last week, when she was forced to drive two hours home with a 200 kilogram body in her car before alternative arrangements could be made to store the body.