Mr. Wong's family refused an autopsy, so the medical examiner's office performed an external examination and returned the body.
Because the family declined to have an autopsy on Mr. Wong's body, the medical examiner's office performed only an external examination before releasing Mr. Wong's body back to the funeral home on Tuesday.
The external examination system is central to this.
More fundamentally, it may be time for an external examination of the NHS drugs bill.
But Mr. Harmon of Ford questioned whether external examination could spot tread separation.
The pathologist will carry out an external examination first to see if there are any clues indicating cause of death.
It said he had performed "only a cursory external examination of the body" and adopted an "incurious approach".
The scrotum is locally anesthetized, and the vas deferens is isolated by external examination.
External examination revealed injuries to the head, face, and neck in all cases.
He said new measures had been introduced as a result of the report, including new procedures for managing the external examination system and revised admissions procedures.
The report, based on an external examination of the body and some hospital information, said Dr. Atkins had a history of heart attack, congestive heart failure and hypertension.
