Families Suffer Through Chicago Morgue Backlog
A very sad story from NPR:
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office was so far behind in burials for the poor that bodies have been stacking up. Conditions at the overcrowded morgue have been described as inhumane and unsanitary, and there are reports that the department has lost track of bodies. Following efforts to change its practices, the morgue is now trying to catch up and clean up.
Read/listen to the whole thing.
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