Michael Pollanen: Chief Coroner

Forensic Pathologist Dept: TORONTO - Hundreds of inquiries have come in over the past week from relatives asking after organs belonging to dead family members, Ontario's chief forensic pathologist said Thursday, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "We met our goal we're very happy that we have a response," Dr. Michael Pollanen said in an interview and ontario's chief forensic pathologist, Dr. Michael Pollanen left , speaks at a news conference in Toronto on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 as the province's chief coroner, Dr. Andrew McCallum right , looks on. Hundreds of inquiries have come in over the past week from relatives asking after organs belonging to dead family members, Pollanen said Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel The torrent comes in response to a reach-out by the office, which is looking to either reunite relatives with about 4,000 organs retained after autopsies over the past few decades or to dispose of them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.