DEATH CERTIFICATE RANT (not a halloween thread)

[bertha katzenengel]

I am only in California until Thursday afternoon, when I take a red-eye back home.

Since the doctor has not yet signed Grandma's death certificate -- what the hell?! -- we STILL don't know when we can bury her.

:banghead:

I told my dad -- in the dictionary under "milquetoast" it says "see him" -- I have nothing but time. I'll make any calls, go anywhere, grab the damned thing and chase the doctor down. I am only here through Thursday! Let me do it!

I prolly won't be around to read responses. I just had to rant.

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Rant all you want.

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

2. Take care...

...even though you may not see this, I'm sending you hugs.:hug: :hug:

[miss_american_pie]

3. ...

:hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. So sorry about your gandma, BK

:hug:

A couple of links re: Californa that may be helpful:

http://med.stanford.edu/shs/update/archives/JAN2002/chief.html

A physician usually must sign the death certificate. If the deceased does not have a doctor in attendance who can determine the cause of death, the responsibility for that determination and filling out the certificate falls upon the coroner. If the physician last in attendance is not and will not be available within a reasonable period of time to sign the death certificate, he/she may designate an assistant or associate to sign the certificate in his/her absence, provided that the person signing the certificate has access to the attending's medical record. The coroner has the ultimate authority as to whether an autopsy is required.



Please read here about what is required, especially what is bolded near the bottom. Could be a call to the local AMA and the DA could get your family what is needed.

http://www.answers.com/death+certificate&r=67


A death certificate is a document issued by a government official, such as a government registrar, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death.

Each governmental jurisdiction prescribes the form of the document for use in its purview and the procedures necessary to legally produce it. One purpose of the certificate is to review the cause of death to determine if foul-play occurred. It may also be required in order to arrange a burial or cremation, to prove a person's will or to claim on a person's life insurance.

Before issuing a death certificate, the authorities usually require a certificate from a physician or coroner to validate the cause of death. In cases where it is not completely clear that a person is dead (usually because their body is being sustained by life support), a neurologist is often called in to verify brain death and to fill out the appropriate documentation.

The failure of a physician to immediately submit the required form to the government (to trigger issuance of the death certificate) is often both a crime and cause for loss of one's license to practice. This is because of past scandals in which dead people continued to receive public benefits or "voted" in elections.

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. To edit: I meant to type Grandma...sorry

:(

Hope the info I posted is helpful :hug:

[seemunkee]

5. My sympathizes

Some people just want to make a difficult time even more so.
Just try to keep in mind that your there for your gran and not your dad.