KC-area medical examiners coordinate plans for increased deaths due to COVID-19

Kansas City-area emergency planners have activated a specialized group to handle mass casualties to its highest level of readiness in history due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HAPPEN.MATT: AS HARD AS IT IS TO TALKABOUT, FUNERAL HOMES, MEDICALEXAMINERS, HOSPITALS FIRST, AND RESPONDERS HAVE BEENPLANNING FOR AN INCREASE INDEATHS DUE TO COVID-19.SHAUN HACHINSK-- OUTSIDE THE JACKSON COUNTYMEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE,THERE’S A 53-FOOT REFRIGERATEDTRUCK.IT’S THERE, SITTING UNUSEDFAR, JUST IN CASE MEDICALEXAMINERS IN THE METRO MIGHTNEED IT.