Medical Beat

Monday, April 4, 2005

What happens during an autopsy?

Terri Schiavo passed away this morning. Tonight, she is at the Pinellas County Medical Examiner's office being autopsied.

What does an autopsy entail, any autopsy entail? In a special edition of tonight's Health Team 9 Medical Beat, Bay News 9's Tammy Robiconti talks one on one with a local professor of pathology to find out.

An HUS update
An update tonight for you on a mysterious disease affecting many Central Floridians including those in the Tampa Bay area.

The Florida Department of Health tells us a third state fair has been added to the list of ones linked to the recent outbreak of Ecoli and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS).

We are talking about the Florida State Fair in Tampa. It along with the Strawberry Festival in Plant City and the Central Florida Fair in Orlando have what the health department is calling one common aspect. That aspect is the Ag-Venture petting zoo out of Plant City.

Confirmed cases still stand at 22.