A Delhi court has asked the City government to explore the possibility of videographing post mortem procedures.
Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau observed that videography and photography will go a long way in bringing about transparency and ruling out any possibility of foul play which may be suspected or alleged. The court said, it is the standard procedure adopted world over.
The court asked the government to take action against Dr Suresh Seth, Deputy Medical Superintendent of Babu Jagjivan Ram (BJRM) Hospital, and autopsy surgeon Dr Sudesh, currently lodged in judicial custody in a corruption and cheating case, for giving false autopsy report of a woman by making it an unnatural death though it was a natural death and pressurising juniors.
The court directed Delhi government to ensure that BJMR Hospital's Dr Bhim Singh, Dr Javed and Dr Sameer, who exposed the misdoings of their department, are not put to any kind of harassment by authorities.
An autopsy —
also known as a post-mortem examination, necropsy (particularly as to non-human bodies), autopsia cadaverum, or obduction — is a highly specialized surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse to determine the cause and manner of death and to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present. It is usually performed by a specialized medical doctor called a pathologist.
Autopsies are performed for either legal or medical purposes. For example, a forensic autopsy is carried out when the cause of death may be a criminal matter, while a clinical or academic autopsy is performed to find the medical cause of death and is used in cases of unknown or uncertain death, or for research purposes. Autopsies can be further classified into cases where external examination suffices, and those where the body is dissected and internal examination is conducted. Permission from next of kin may be required for internal autopsy in some cases. Once an internal autopsy is complete the body is reconstituted by sewing it back together.
