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Coroner seeks autopsy assistant; board asks for a targeted proposal and for staff to test funding options
Summary
The county coroner requested an autopsy assistant to help manage backlog, prepare histology and support a future local pathologist; the board asked staff to return with a specific funding proposal that avoids increasing the general‑fund deficit.
The coroner asked the board to add an autopsy assistant, arguing the office needs specialized staff to prepare tissue samples, handle histology and manage evidence and disposals. The coroner said the county’s morgue accumulated years of samples that need disposition and that an assistant would reduce strain on current staff and build capacity to recruit a pathologist in the future.
Board members raised several points: (1) an autopsy assistant is useful only if a pathologist is available to perform examinations;…
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