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Listed below are comments made by George South between Saturday, 5th April 2008 and Sunday, 11th May 2008.

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Trapped in a lift 2:38pm on 11 May 2008 Well, we mainly only use our New York pad as a stop-off point en route to our private island...
Ash Cash 6:59pm on 19 Apr 2008 Amandadoctor (13), you're right, I meant there's no need to examine the body to confirm the death, as the earlier poster suggested. Of the two doctors, one should be the practitioner who attended the deceased during their last illness, and he or she must confirm that no pacemaker or radioactive implant has been left in the body -- and of course this could entail significant work and a visit to the mortuary. For the second doctor there'd be no requirement to view the body -- or am I missing something?
Ash Cash 6:28pm on 19 Apr 2008 Thanks for the comments so far. To address a few points raised:

@2: 'Ash cash' isn't paid if a body is buried. It's only when a body is cremated (or in Pauline Levey's words, 'the evidence is burned') that extra checks of the case notes are considered necessary to rule out foul play.

@4: As I think Pauline mentions in the interview, the cremation fees come after and are separate from the death certificate, so doctors wouldn't be expected to examine the body before signing the form. Your point is taken though that this can require quite some work and - as spinningdoc (5) points out - travelling time to see the case notes. George Fernie and Rohin Francis did air these points on the programme. Was our explanation clear enough? What do people think?
Suggest a story for April 12th 6:25pm on 05 Apr 2008 Thanks Chris, it's fixed now!

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