Polk County and Iowa consider sharing morgue space

Morgue house and forensic pathologists might share assets underneath ongoing discussions between Polk County and Iowa’s state medical experts, county administrator John Norris tells Axios.

Why it issues: It might assist each governments create extra effectivity amongst workers and scale back future bills linked with updating or constructing new examination areas.

State of play: Polk County Medical Examiner services at Broadlawns Medical Middle are crowded.

• The county launched an almost $40,000 research final yr to look at relocation prospects.
• Polk officers lately discovered that the state is all for increasing its examination space, Norris stated.
• That is led to the continued discussions with the state, whose workplaces are positioned in Ankeny.

Plus: Polk County has been unable to recruit a brand new assistant health worker since selling Josh Akers to the workplace’s high spot in Could of 2020.

• Sharing some workers might add extra pathology protection to each workplaces.

Of be aware: Officers from the state health worker’s workplace didn’t reply to our request for remark.