Here is another hospital story, a short one.
The other day, sitting in the office, watching the cameras with my partner, we get a call. I didn't take the call, but the man on the other end was a loud talker. My partner had to angle the phone away from his ear to preserve his hearing, so I took in both sides of the convo...
The man started by explaining a little that he was worried about the whereabouts of his sister. He didn't say much more about his sister at this time, but suddenly shifting to asking about our methods of identifying the dead. He wanted to know all the methods we employed in identifying dead bodies that end up at our hospital. My partner, not wanting to get into some crazy necro discussion, pushed to know more about the situation with the sister, and what that had to do with anything. After a minute of very frustration banter, the man finally explained that he hadn't heard from his sister in a couple days, and he was just sure that she wouldn't go anywhere or do anything without telling him. He was sure she had ended up dead somewhere, and somehow made her way to our hospital. I should mention at this point the man lives near St. George.
My partner suggested he contact the local authorities and file a missing persons report, but the man cut him off and blurted out "do you finger print dead people?". Long convo short, the man wanted to know if we finger printed dead people that show up at our hospital, so he could compare his sisters prints (why does he have those anyways?) to any dead people we might have in our morgue.
We again urged him to contact local authorities.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?! Finger print dead people? You think your sister is missing and the first thing you do is call a hospital half a state away to see if they do something like finger print dead people? If I hadn't heard the whole convo I'd say it was a prank...
Go through the normal channels. Call the local authorities. And in case you were wondering, we don't finger print dead people. We don't have Agent Booth and Dr. Brenen at the hospital helping us identify weird deaths....
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I literally laughed out loud at this.
You should market this phone conversation and submit it to CSI. Oh, I love CSI.
"Who are you, who, who, who, who."
Yes- fits perfect with the theme song.
I see the serious makings of a new business here, maybe a cottage industry, a modest .com, or just a new angle for the mortuaries: "And for just $9.95, you will receive an authenticated full set of fingerprints of your deceased love one, mounted and framed in your choice of walnut, oak, or cherry. Makes a great keepsake and heirloom."
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