'This doesn't happen in Ireland' - Woman found breathing after being pronounced dead in US nursing home.
"Something like that should never happen," he said.
"Interestingly, both of them were nursing homes; I have to think hospital protocols and governance are far superior."The procedures we have in the 26 counties are very good indeed.""A person, when they die - be it in a nursing home or a hospital - a doctor must pronounce that person as having died and must indicate that he or she will issue a death notification form," he said.
"A doctor can sign that death notification form if the doctor has seen that person within 28 days," he said. "If somebody dies unexpectedly and hasn't seen a doctor, the coroner is then brought in and the coronerThe coroner says, 'We need a post mortem examination to be conducted to find out the cause of death'.The pathologist sends the report, the coroner then sends his certificate to the registrar for deaths and the registrar for deaths issues the death certificate.
"In cremation, in this country, no cremation can take place unless a doctor has seen the person both before and after death"."To be sure, to be sure - that's for cremation," he added.Main image: A man's body is seen in an open cell in a hospital morgue. Picture by: Sergey Dzyuba / Alamy Stock Photo
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