Showing posts with label report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label report. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Still NO Report

'Storm Clouds' photo (c) 2008, Tal Atlas - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/It has been eight months since Erica passed away and the medical examiner's office is still not completed with their report.  We were told that all reports are finished within six months.  This has proven to be untrue.  It has really made me wonder how reliable the medical examiner's report will be. 

Again, there is a false reality that the medical examiner determines the cause of death before they release the body.  Nobody has told my family that Erica, for sure, died from an allergic reaction to medication.  The media knew the cause of death for Austin Box within a couple of months, and he died after my Sister.  How can one case be released within two months and another case still open after eight.

Our family needs closure!  With the holidays coming up this is another cloud looming over our lives.  Grieving families shouldn't have to keep calling the medical examiner's office week after week.  No report after eight months is simply unacceptable! 

Monday, August 22, 2011

Report Update

'Butterfly' photo (c) 2010, Vidar Hoel - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/As of last week the medical examiner's report was still not ready.  They assured my mother that most reports are done within six months.  In two weeks it will be six months since Erica passed.  It will be nice to have the results so I don't worry about when the report will be ready.  Hopefully the next update will be the final report.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

No Report

Sunset on Ilkley Moorphoto © 2009 James Whitesmith | more info (via: Wylio)It has been surprising to me how long it takes to get the medical examiner's report.  It has been four months and still no report.  I guess it's a good thing they're not a for profit business, if they were they would have to file for bankruptcy.  Their lack of speed and urgency is really upsetting.  I guess they figure that since our loved one is dead that time is not a factor.  I guess they don't realize or care that this simply prolongs our grieving process.  If it took me four months to turn a report in to my boss, I would be fired.  Maybe I expect too much from a state run institution.  We're still waiting!