Medical examiner who turned around county morgue resigns
Posted May 04, 2016 11:00 pm
Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Stephen Cina will resign in June, ending a four-year run as head of the once-troubled Cook County morgue, Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Wednesday.
Cina took over the medical examiner's office in 2012 after predecessor Dr. Nancy Jones resigned amid a furor over mismanagement and a lack of resources that became visible in gruesome fashion when photos leaked showing bodies piled up in a cooler in the West Side morgue.
The medical examiner's office lost its accreditation from a national certifying organization in 2011.
Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Ponni Arunkumar will take over as head of the office after Cina's departure June 5.
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