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Interesting. Glad to see this news is finally getting out.
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Oculus Spirit [97865]
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Interesting. Glad to see this news is finally getting out.
Feb 16, 2022, 1:11 PM
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This is not just a Baltimore problem. It's an SC problem too. Just worked on a case where a person died in November of last year. They issued the death certificate in December, in a decent timeframe, couple of weeks. They had the funeral, but the insurance carrier is still waiting on the autopsy report and coroner's report. Years back, NORMALLY, if a cause of death was not obvious, the coroner would wait for the autopsy or toxicology tests, etc. to sign off on the death certificate. But now they're issuing death certificates with toxicology and autopsies still pending, and that means they can bury the person, but insurance benefits can not be paid in many cases for several months after the death certificate is issued.
https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/morgue-operating-in-baltimore-parking-garage-as-200-bodies-await-autopsy
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The list of things to worry about is inexhaustible.
Feb 16, 2022, 1:26 PM
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Added that one to my list.
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Re: The list of things to worry about is inexhaustible.
Feb 16, 2022, 1:27 PM
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Maybe you will go first and you won't have to worry about it? Be positive!
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I'll be ahead of somebody.***
Feb 16, 2022, 1:32 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79454]
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Are you insinuating this is due to covid, because the
Feb 16, 2022, 3:00 PM
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article is blaming homicides and drug overdoses for the backlog.
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Per those links, looks like more unfortunate consequences
Feb 16, 2022, 4:19 PM
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stemming from covid guidelines/restrictions.
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Re: Interesting. Glad to see this news is finally getting out.
Feb 16, 2022, 3:12 PM
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As of this year, the average Medical Examiner salary is about $113K. It's a wonder anyone performs this function. The return on investment for a college degree, MD or DO degree followed by a pathology residency and preferably also a fellowship in forensic pathology is abysmal.
Plus it's literally a dirty job.
It is interesting work to some degree. I spent a little time with Forensic Path in Med School and saw some pretty bizarre stuff, but again the pay is just not worth the investment in money and years spent in training.
This problem doesn't matter for the deceased. Dead is dead, but it IS a problem for the survivors mentally and financially.
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Oculus Spirit [97865]
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Yep, that last part is what I deal with
Feb 16, 2022, 4:04 PM
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There have been some delays before, but usually delays were due to SLED taking forever to do toxicology tests. If there was a delay in the past, it was usually toxicology. Now it's autopsies as well as toxicology tests. Coroners are behind issuing reports even when autopsies are done.
It's just a system that didn't work well, working much, much less well.
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