Why the heck doesn’t the local EMS remove the body? And the mortuary pick it up from the closest hospital morgue?
4 hours to get a body. It’s LA baby. Thanks Karen Bass
Forget it Jack......it’s los angeles.
In 2000 a friend’s dad died the same way at home depot on a Saturday morning. One minute apparently felt fine, next minute he just collapsed and died.
Of course in my city and state, a body isn’t going to lie there for 4 friggin’ hours. SMH
EMS can’t transport a body. This is why people are declared dead at the hospital. If the person is declared dead at the scene, they have to be transported by either the ME or a funeral home.
My daughter is a paramedic and explained it to me when I asked the exact same question.
Depending upon the circumstances of death and whether the deceased was under a physician’s care for something at the time they died, EMS may be prohibited from moving anything until an ME or coroner examines the body and scene. In any case, if the person is dead and no longer receiving active resuscitation efforts. EMS does not transport bodies to help out the mortuary by hurrying. They also may not be reimbursed for loading a dead body into their rig and moving it anywhere.
Just my 2 cents.