LUBBOCK, Texas – Lubbock County Judge Curtis Parrish says everything is going “extremely well” as the medical examiner’s office prepares to move into its new facility, one he calls “world class.”
Monday, commissioners approved a new agreement to provide autopsy services to UMC inside a building near the county detention center in north Lubbock.
The county was previously operating its medical examiner services in rented space at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Commissioners approved ending that lease next month.
Parrish says the new facility will benefit the citizens of Lubbock County and West Texas for decades to come.
“We’ve got a contract with UMC to provide forensic pathology services, autopsy services as well,” Parrish said. “So, we will be doing this. We will be a regional medical examining facility reaching out to folks from really all over West Texas and maybe even eastern New Mexico.”
Parrish says the county anticipates medical examiner services will be moved into the new facility by mid-February.
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