Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Each major municipality and incorporated borough should be able to do their own autopsies in Alaska

Every major municipality in Alaska outside of incorporated Alaska borough and incorporated Alaska Borough should have a coroner or an independent medical examiner.  The reason is Alaska only has one medical examiner which is in Anchorage when an autopsy has to be done.  The body has to be flown to Anchorage instead of examined locally.  If each incorporated borough had a coroner or a medical examiner this would allow autopsies to be done locally.  For instance in places when their are no incorporated borough major cities like Bethel, Valdez, Dutch Harbor and Nome could have the autopsies done at a local hospital.  Places like Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna and Kodiak Island Borough each had their own coroner or medical examine they could have their murder cases solved sooner and not have strain their resources on a Statewide medical examiner in Anchorage.  The statewide medical examiner can then be Anchorage Municipal Coroner or medical examiner can concentrate on Anchorage cases only.  Please tell your state legislature you want your borough or municipality to start being able to do autopsies.

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