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Chief Medical Examiner warns facility limits threaten accreditation, cites need for new building and storage capacity
Summary
Deputy chief medical examiner told the subcommittee that staffing issues have been resolved with three new medical examiners, but the office lacks autopsy table capacity and secure refrigerated storage; the agency said those facility constraints risk loss of national accreditation and requested a capital project to replace or expand space.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) told the Appropriations subcommittee that staffing has improved but the office’s physical plant remains a bottleneck for autopsy throughput and refrigerated storage.
Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Deidre (Dr.) DeJoseph said OCME has recently hired three full‑time medical examiners, which has addressed prior staffing shortfalls. She added, however, that the agency’s autopsy suite has only five tables — four clustered in one room — and that refrigerator capacity is limited. To handle overflow the office continues to use a refrigerated…
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