Cook County board chief announces ‘overhaul’ of morgue

Saying she was “disturbed and disappointed and discouraged,” Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle promised to “overhaul” the medical examiner’s office — and fire some workers — because of crowded conditions in the morgue.

“I’ve been as disturbed, discouraged and disappointed by the information that’s come to my attention at the medical examiner’s office as many of you,” Preckwinkle said following a tour of the facility today. “I expect there will be some people that lose their jobs.”

But for now, Medical Examiner Nancy Jones does not appear to be in jeopardy of being fired, though Preckwinkle was measured in her support of the county’s top forensic pathologist. Jones was not present at the press conference in the lobby of the morgue.

Read more at the Chicago Tribune.

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