American multi-state current shortage caused by the forensic autopsy long, frequent Own Funeral

United States in recent years, there is a severe shortage of forensic medicine, death certificate and autopsy report had to wait several months before issuing some death reports, and even had to wait more than a year, which not only lengthen the pain of the families of the deceased, compensation for delays in receiving the deceased's life insurance and other benefits.

Reports, Massachusetts age of 34 patients after kaluse died of congenital heart disease, the State Office of the Chief Medical examiner took a year to ascertain the cause of death. His wife died of brain cancer two days after his death, but his family is waiting for the forensic report kaluse, life insurance firms have triggered his wife's 45,000 dollars.

To meet the needs of the autopsy, about 1100 to 1200 forensic across the United States, but national forensic science Commission estimates that United States certified pathologists are now only about 500 people, less than half the number needed.

It is learnt that the shortage is lack of forensic medicine, compared with other medical professionals, forensic salaries are too low. Forensic standards lower Rhode Island, the State's chief medical examiner, resigned in August. Rhode Island engaged in forensic death investigation inadequate last year only 5 forensic, but the death investigation of more than 1200.

Montana only 2 in line with national standards for forensic, directing the County's autopsy, but resigned this summer, Meng Zhou had no choice but to take the body of a deceased person to check in other States. Half of the autopsy of the child are borne by the medical examiner's former aide, but the questions are not identified and therefore unable to conduct thorough investigations.

Reports also pointed out that areas in Northern California after the death of an elderly couple in 2013 at a hotel, six weeks after the medical examiner determines death as carbon monoxide poisoning. With no warning, in the same room at the hotel in two months, and an 11-year old boy died due to the same reason.

Massachusetts because the shortage of forensic, remains active in the event made a mistake occurred in 2007, after the funeral of a man, and found buried in another man.