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Medical examiner budget: investigators cite steady autopsy demand and body-bag costs
Summary
Jail administrator and medical investigator Mark Gargano told the board the county's medical examiner budget is driven by unpredictable autopsy demand, about 20% of cases sent for autopsy (often to the University of Iowa), and recurring supply costs such as body bags; he noted 124 cases last year and 10 already this year.
Mark Gargano, the jail administrator who also serves as a county medical investigator, briefed supervisors on the medical examiner budget and caseload. He said the county cannot predict autopsy demand, reported roughly 124 ME cases last year and said the county was already handling 10 cases in the first three weeks of the year. "We clearly have no way to indicate how many autopsies are going to be needed throughout the course of the…
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