Dublin Coroner Out of Hours

johnb25

Anyone know if there is any way to contact a Dublin coroner over this bank holiday weekend?
Dad died, and been told nothing can be done to release him before Tuesday morning. Currently in city morgue.
Our GP says should be no reason for post mortem, as he was in his care.


Thanks.

coylemj

johnb25 wrote: »

Anyone know if there is any way to contact a Dublin coroner over this bank holiday weekend?
Dad died, and been told nothing can be done to release him before Tuesday morning. Currently in city morgue.
Our GP says should be no reason for post mortem, as he was in his care.

You seem to be saying that your GP is prepared to certify the cause of death, in that case why is the body in the city morgue? I think you need to give more info here.

If a PM is necessary but there's no suspicion of a crime, it will be low priority and you'll just have to wait. The coroner will engage a pathologist to do a PM after which the body will probably be released.

johnb25

coylemj wrote: »

You seem to be saying that your GP is prepared to certify the cause of death, in that case why is the body in the city morgue? I think you need to give more info here.
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Heart attack at a football game, pronounced by doctors from the crowd who attended him. Ambulance told to go to city morgue. Had another attack recently and was in care of GP.

Stheno

johnb25 wrote: »

Heart attack at a football game, pronounced by doctors from the crowd who attended him. Ambulance told to go to city morgue. Had another attack recently and was in care of GP.

No advice for you op just to say sorry for your loss.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

I don't know the answer to your question, but I would like to say that I'm very sorry for your loss.

Stheno

I just read the news and saw reports of someone dying at a game in Dublin

If your dad was that man and not from Dublin I can see why they'd send him to the coroner

Little CuChulainn

Unless the GP is prepared to sign off on the cause of death it will be up to the coroner to do so and this can only be done following an examination of the body and medical records. If there was not an underlying medical condition that may have contributed to a heart attack, a post mortem may still be necessary.

Sorry for your loss op.

coylemj

johnb25 wrote: »

Heart attack at a football game, pronounced by doctors from the crowd who attended him. Ambulance told to go to city morgue. Had another attack recently and was in care of GP.

Sorry for your loss, you'll just have to deal with the coroner's office on Tuesday. If it's any consolation, if you lived in the UK the whole process that's ahead of you (getting the body released to the family) would take several weeks.

January

http://www.coroners.ie/en/CS/Pages/Reporting%20of%20a%20Sudden%20Death

You need the permission of the Coroner themselves, so ring first thing tomorrow.

I'm sorry for your loss OP.