Friday, January 27, 2023

Seattle Is Running Out of Morgue Space Due to the Fentanyl Crisis

Seattle Is Running Out of Morgue Space Due to the Fentanyl Crisis
"...For Seattle, it includes those things and a fentanyl crisis that is claiming lives at an alarming rate. 
The rate is so high that the King County Coroner is running out of places to store the bodies.
According to a report from KTTH, during a recent meeting of the board of the Seattle & King County Department of Public Health, Director Dr. Faisal Khan stated, “The Medical Examiner’s Office is now struggling with the issue of storing bodies because the fentanyl-related death toll continues to climb. Obviously, they have finite space in the coolers they use and that space is now being exceeded on a regular basis.”...

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