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King County morgue 'regularly exceeding' available morgue space due to fentanyl overdoses

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The King County Medical Examiner's office is struggling to find space to store bodies due to spiking fentanyl overdose deaths.
Published 2 months ago · Seattle, United States

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(Photo by Christopher Campbell on Unsplash) By Trevor Schakohl Daily Caller News Foundation King County, Washington’s Medical Examiner’s Office often runs out of storage room for dead bodies due to increasing fentanyl-related deaths, Seattle & King County Public Health Director Dr. Faisal Khan said Thursday, according to KTTH. The Seattle-led county surpassed its 2021 drug overdose death total within the first 9.5 months of 2022, with 70% of the…

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Morgue says it's 'regularly' running out of space due to deadly fentanyl overdoses

The King County Medical Examiner's office in Washington state is struggling to find space to store bodies due to spiking fentanyl overdose deaths.

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