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OCME Chief Medical Examiner explains allocation of new positions and hiring challenges
4:18:58
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Dr. Jason Graham, Chief Medical Examiner, explains the allocation of the 83 new positions and addresses challenges in hiring forensic pathologists. He emphasizes that the new hires will be directed towards frontline forensic operations.
- The 83 new positions will support various areas including death investigations, city mortuary operations, and family outreach
- Dr. Graham notes that there are vacant positions for forensic pathologists, but the challenge is finding qualified doctors to fill these roles
- He explains that the new hires will increase support for the existing doctors
Jason Graham
4:18:58
Yes, this is a significant, obviously, infusion of resources into the agency.
4:19:07
These 83 headcount will be directed toward our very frontline forensic operations areas which would range from death investigations to city mortuary operations to our outreach to families.
4:19:28
We have vacant positions in terms of our forensic pathologists.
4:19:33
So as I alluded to before, it's not necessarily a matter of having lines for forensic pathologists for our medical examiners.
4:19:43
We have adequate lines.
4:19:44
It's a matter of being able to staff those lines with qualified doctors.
4:19:49
Whereas the 83 headcount will go toward all of our forensic operational divisions and increase the support for those doctors that we do have.