Expanded and renovated morgue opens at U-M

Thursday, July 30, 2009 | Source: Concentrate

A space for the dead has gotten a second lease on life at the University of Michigan.

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Washtenaw County has a newer and bigger facility for you to "bring out your dead," now that the University of Michigan Health System has renovated and expanded its morgue.

U-M and the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner partnered on the $1.35 million project. The newly expanded facility should double the number of autopsies (600) that university and county staff handle annually.

"It's brighter. The layout is better. There is a lot more space," says Dr. Jeffery Jentzen, director of U-M’s autopsy and forensic services. We have been able to double our capactiy and we could probably do more than that."

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