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Kankakee County has been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kankakee County Coroner, Bob Gessner, and Deputy Chief Coroner, Eric Cavender, give a glimpse of what their department faced during the pandemic, and how American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds will better prepare them for the unexpected. Like and follow Kankakee County Board’s Facebook page as we continue to roll out additional videos, updates, and more. For more information on ARPA funding, visit https://www.k3county.net/kcr3.html.
A
We
cover
some
of
iroquois
county
ford
county
that
in
indiana
that's
brings
body
to
our
trauma,
centers,
whether
it's
riverside
or
st
mary's,
and
if
they
die,
then
they
end
up
being
our
cases.
The
need
is
especially
with
the
the
more
freezer
our
limited
space
that
we
have
right
now
we're
trying
to.
We
only
have
at
two
capacity
for
our
freezer
there
when
we
were
getting
requests
from
the
hospitals,
both
hospitals
of
bringing
bodies
over
and
kovic
was
such
a
at
a
high
rate
ourselves.
B
As
the
chief
deputy
coroner,
one
of
my
jobs
is
to
help
manage
the
day-to-day
operations
of
our
department
and
also
find
ways
to
improve
our
department.
The
x-ray
equipment
that
we
obtained
as
part
of
the
arp
of
funding
has
done
just
that
it
has
helped
streamline
our
x-ray
process,
which
produces
better
quality
images
for
not
only
us,
the
pathologists
and
the
police
departments,
but
also
aid
in
our
overall
investigation
of
the
cases.
We
also.
A
Do
autopsies
for
iroquois
county
all
of
their
autopsies
are
done
by
by
us,
so
that
that's
another
anywhere
from
12
to
20
autopsies?
We
we
do
and
then
any
other
any
other
counties
that
can't
do
that
they'll
bring
it
down
to
us.
Colvid
19
is
still
contagious
after
death
when
we
do
the
autopsies.
It's
we're
opening
up
the
different
organs
in
the
body,
especially
the
lungs,
where
the
particles
are
going
to
be
floating
into
the
particular
air,
and
that's
why
we.
A
We
need
to
have
negative
pressure
here
in
the
morgue,
which
is
just
a
flip
of
the
switch,
and
we
get
the
negative
pressure
which
helps
us
considerably
and
also
we're
all
masked
too
the
investments
that
were
made.
This
is
going
to
help
us
in
the
long
run
of
saving
the
taxpayers
money
and
also
for
future
incidents.
That
can
happen
we'll
be
well
prepared
for
it.