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Ireland's Postmortem Crisis Deepens | Cork News
Ireland’s postmortem system is in freefall, with Cork University Hospital relying on a single aging pathologist and two overseas locums to handle 1,000 autopsies a year—while the justice minister admits no backup plan exists. Across the country, hospitals are scrambling to fill permanent pathologist roles, forcing heavy dependence on temporary international staff whose availability vanishes during holidays. Dublin’s mortuary is now twice its intended capacity after three hospitals shut down their own services. The system, operating outside regular hours with crumbling funding and poor…
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