BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Personnel from the Bellingham Fire Department will not be disciplined for the intubation of a deceased man last summer.
Several fire department employees admitted to performing “tube checks” on the body of Bradley Ginn Senior while his body was waiting to be taken to a funeral home last July.
Washington State Department of Health spokesperson Jessica Baggett told the Bellingham Herald that the health department closed the cases without disciplinary action because they did not determine a violation.
But, she says that the DOH may change policies to address similar incidents in the future.
The victim’s family members filed three claims for damages seeking more than $15.5 million from the city of Bellingham.
Two of those were settled for $150,000 in January.