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Behind The Curtain At Maine’s Medical Examiner’s Office — Named One Of The Nation’s Best
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:04:46
Publish Date: 2018-05-30 05:47:47
Description: Maine’s medical examiner’s office has been named one of the best in the country. The pronouncement from the National Association of Medical Examiners came earlier this month in the form of full accreditation — a major accomplishment for an agency that was struggling with a backlog of cases just a few years ago. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is in a small brick building in Augusta, tucked back from the street. This is where the staff conducts about 300 autopsies a year. “We’re now standing in the main autopsy suite of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. We can see how clean it is, how dignified it is,” says Dr. Mark Flomenbaum, the chief medical examiner, a post he has held for the past three and a half years. It’s a space built for function. Bright lights shine down on two metal exam tables, each outfitted with surgical instruments, scales, sinks and cameras. “We wear masks and gloves, not because we’re afraid of infecting the patient, it’s because we don’t know what we’re
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