Best practice is to autopsy all overdose deaths. In NH, less than 50% are getting one.
With just two forensic pathologists in NH’s office – Drs. Jennie Duval and Mitchell Weinberg – that means no more than 600 autopsies per year.
Source: aol.com
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Best practice is to autopsy all overdose deaths. In NH, less than 50% are getting one. – New Hampshire Bulletin
Due to staffing shortages plaguing medical examiner offices nationwide, that’s not happening in New Hampshire, less than 50 percent of drugs deaths in New Hampshire are getting autopsied.
Source: newhampshirebulletin.com
Fentanyl overdose deaths 'skyrocketing' in New Hampshire; first responders issue warnings
Fentanyl, either taken by itself or mixed with another drug, accounts for 259 of New Hampshire's 297 overdose deaths so far in 2023.
Source: aol.com
NH morgue struggles to keep up with autopsies amid drug overdoses
It has been nearly a decade since the opioid epidemic erupted in New Hampshire. At its peak, more than 450 Granite Staters died from drug overdoses in one year, and the volume of deaths forced the state to curtail autopsies.
Source: wmur.com
Indigent cremation expenses on the rise for welfare offices across NH
New Hampshire law requires that city and town welfare departments pay for the cremation and burial services of unclaimed people, and those whose family and friends can’t afford to or live too far away.
Source: nhpr.org