Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

As CGJ committee members arrived at the ME-C facility on November 3, 2021, it appeared the facility did not have adequate parking, although, there is a parking structure to the right side of the street corner by the facility.

ME-C facility appears to lack a private room or person to assist grieving family members claiming or identifying decedents.

According to a staff member, there is no privacy for family claiming belongings. Personal belongings of decedents are visible in the storage room.

There is limited space inside the facility to house the various departments that are adjacent to the building.

Laboratory specimens sent out of state usually take up to 90 days or months for courts to receive a report. Inspection/Accreditation (memberclicks.net) 72 MEDICAL EXAMINER-CORONER FACILITY (Old Administration Building) MAIN LOBBY IN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER-CORONER FACILITY Photographs courtesy of Medical Examiner-Coroner Office 73 RECOMMENDATIONS 4.1 Designate a parking area in front or close to the facility for staff and family claiming or identifying a decedent. 4.2 Contract a Chaplain or Counselor to assist grieving family members in a private room at the facility. 4.3 Provide a storage room to include individualized compartments/drawers for decedent belongings. 4.4 Expand or move to a larger modern facility inclusive of compounds currently adjacent to the facility. 4.5 Supply laboratory equipment and staff necessary to analyze specimens that are sent out of state in order to expedite results needed for reports. 74