tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post1081684726763367802..comments2024-03-28T02:56:24.753-07:00Comments on Gangsters Out Blog: Andrew MeisnerDennis Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-4535947716186236222013-02-07T16:47:37.884-08:002013-02-07T16:47:37.884-08:00Very interesting statistics. I'm not excited a...Very interesting statistics. I'm not excited about autopsies and having my or my family members body hacked up to pieces, yet in cases where police say foul play has been ruled out and they don't even know a cause of death, one would think they would try and discover the cause of death. As you've pointed out, it's a money saver. Save money on the autopsy and save money on a murder investigation while surprising crime stats. <br /><br />Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-7092165704107262722013-02-07T06:31:50.250-08:002013-02-07T06:31:50.250-08:00"Low autopsy rate in B.C. alarms experts.&quo..."Low autopsy rate in B.C. alarms experts."<br /><br />"Too many deaths inadequately investigated, former coroners say."<br /><br />"British Columbia has the lowest autopsy rate in Canada, raising concern among some experts that too many deaths in the province — and even possible homicides — are inadequately investigated."<br /><br />"Just 19.2 percent of deaths in B.C. where a medical examiner or coroner has done a preliminary investigation are followed up by autopsies."<br /><br />"The average rate in the rest of Canada is about 35 per cent."<br /><br />Autopsy rates in Canada:<br /><br />B.C.<br /><br />2012 – 19.2%.<br /><br />2010 – 25.5%.<br /><br />2006 – 30%.<br /><br />Alberta<br /><br />2012 – 39.8%.<br /><br />Manitoba<br /><br />2012 – 36.3%.<br /><br />Ontario<br /><br />2012 – 33%.<br /><br />Quebec<br /><br />2011 – 36.3%.<br /><br /><br /><br />“[A] 19-per-cent autopsy rate in a coroner service, I think, is appallingly low,” said Dr. Robert Crossland, a former coroner in B.C. “It should be much, much higher."<br /><br />"There’s something wrong here. Is it because we don’t have the money?”<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/ad24ttk (CBC)<br /><br />Less than 20% have a coroner's investigation...? How shocking; aren't these autopsies part of finding out exactly how one died; which should give evidence in a murder trial? I don't know, but the criticism sounds real and worrying.freddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874780016491360565noreply@blogger.com