Medical examiner who turned around county morgue resigns

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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