Franklin County Coroner Anahi Ortiz says her office is back on track after 4 of its 5 pathologists resigned in January amid a nationwide shortage.
But after commissioners approved Ortiz spending more than $3.2 million in taxpayer money on outside coroner services for 2022 — including a $500,000 contract on Sept. 6 — Ortiz now says her office is back on track. Autopsy reports in Franklin County are now being completed in eight to 10 weeks, with some being done in as little as five to six weeks, she said.Franklin County agreed to spend $3.
A review by The Dispatch shows this breakdown on the more than $3.2 million Franklin County agreed to spend on outside coroner services in 2022:, a Las Vegas-based forensic services consulting company, for temporary pathologists to perform autopsies, testify in court or provide other coroner services., a Tennessee-based forensic services consulting firm, for temporary pathologists to perform autopsies, draft reports and to provide testimony in court as needed.
A $66,000 contract with Merritt Hawkins, a recruiting firm owned by Dallas-based AMN Healthcare, to recruit two forensic pathologists. Since the beginning of May, the Franklin County Coroner's Office has hired at least four pathologists at salaries tens of thousands of dollars higher than it previously offered. The coroner's office will have a full staff of six pathologists by October, which will allow it to handle all the county's autopsies, an office spokesperson said.Of the four pathologists who left Franklin County from Feb.
In March, Franklin County Commissioners approved $75,000 contracts with Shepler, Jenkins and Pandey to help prosecutors on cases they oversaw. Their rates range from $350-$550 an hour for background work to $500-$600 an hour for depositions and court testimony, according to their contracts.
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