Well, that helps me, too....sort of. What would one do in a case where
the deceased died with several family members present (New Years
Day--happily enjoying watching tv), but even though the coroner says
that he died from choking his daughter who was one of those present
insists tht there is no way he choked to death. She said he didn't act
at all like he was choking. He did have an autopsy and they base their
findings on lettuce found in his throat, but something else mentioned
on the death certificate is arterioschlerosis. A friend of my
great-aunt's told her that it sounded like he died of a heart
attack--which in my great-aunt's opinion was more consistent with the
way he acted. An ambulance came and got him although he was already
dead and so he was pronounced dead at El Camino Hospital even though he
died at his daughter's house.
Patti
Beth Fuchs wrote:
I agree with Glen on this one. My mother-in-law passed away in a hospital
about 5:30 on a Saturday evening and it took the attending physician over 3
hours to arrive because of more pressing emergencies. When my friend's
father passed away, it was a weekend and there was only one coroner
available to handle the entire city. En-route to my friend's home, the
coroner was involved in a car accident, so it was about 6 hours before the
coroner was able to pronounce my friend's father. I can easily see that the
official death certificate might list the date of death as a day later than
it occurred any time it is evening or there are other extenuating
circumstances.
Beth
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