FEMA denies Puerto Rico request for help processing backlog of bodies
Washington — Although the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Puerto Rico's request to dispatch forensic units to Puerto Rico to help process a mounting backlog of bodies, the island's government has received a much-need reprieve. The fiscal board which controls spending in the U.S. territory will allow Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to use $1.5 million in funding to curtail the backlog in the island's morgue.
The current backlog of bodies at the Forensic Sciences Institute, which is the island's version of a medical examiner in the mainland, is part of a systemic issue that has been plaguing the U.S. territory for years because of mismanagement, underfunding and understaffing. The death toll and chaos of hurricanes Maria and Irma exacerbated the situation, which has forced many families to wait weeks before receiving the bodies of their loved ones.
Rosselló told CBS News the seven-member fiscal oversight board — created by the 2016 Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, known as PROMESA — accepted the $1.5 million disbursement to fund the human resources department of the morgue in San Juan. Rosselló said the morgue could only have one pathologist on duty to process bodies from the entire island on some occasions.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/puerto-rico-secures-1-5m-funds-for-backlog-ridden-morgue-after-fema-rejection/
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didn't get a good grade in the last round of "Trump Tests."
They'll need to get the book "Presidency for Idiots" and study up on what to do to get a better grade next time. They will want to take notes on the paper towels that they caught and review them by candlelight each night (until the electric grid is finally repaired).
part of another country. 