The Delaware County Office of the Medical Examiner is the office responsible for the investigation of all sudden, unexpected, and/or violent deaths in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Originally known as the Delaware County Coroner's Office, the County updated the medicolegal death investigation system to a modern medical examiner system in 1979 in response to public demand and facilitated by home rule charterhttps://www.delcotimes.com/2021/06/04/delaware-county-medical-examiner-retiring-after-19-years/. The Office is located within the Fair Acres Complex in Lima.
Organization The Office of the Medical Examiner is staffed by two full time board certified forensic pathologists, an administrator, a Chief of Forensic Investigations, medicolegal death investigators, autopsy technicians, an evidence technician, an office coordinator, and a bereavement counselor. The Office is currently headed by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Albert Chu.https://delcopa.gov/medical-examiner/about
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