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By Jim Dooley | Hawaii Reporter
HONOLULU — The failure of the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Department to attract and retain a qualified forensic pathologist to head the department has resulted in its certification being downgraded and less staff members.
To lure a qualified applicant, the department has even bumped up the director’s salary to $200,016.
But forensic board certified pathologists are not a common breed. In the United States, there are only approximately 500.
In Hawaii, that number is four.
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