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Sunlei

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4. many usa coroners are not medical people, many just sign a death cert.

Reply to damnedifIknow (Original post)

Sat May 18, 2013, 07:42 AM

May 2013

It's a low paid county position in most states. Who knows how many thousands of our citizens especially our elders die from abuse, and no one even examined their body.

California should be able to afford a coroner who is not the sheriff. Someone should investigate all the deaths in that county.

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So the sheriff is the coroner also in Kern County? [View all] damnedifIknow May 2013 OP

We plug 'em, we plant 'em, and we push the paperwork? MADem May 2013 #1

How convenient. No medical experience required? pacalo May 2013 #2

That makes for one nice little Kingdom! defacto7 May 2013 #3

many usa coroners are not medical people, many just sign a death cert. Sunlei May 2013 #4

And coroner should be a professional position, not an elected one. politicat May 2013 #5

google "Coroner Fraud" and see how this scam industry milks taxpayers and consumers. Sunlei May 2013 #6

This is a county not state office. Many CA counties require medical cerrtification for coroners some mulsh May 2013 #7