SCB proposes govt to undertake digital post-mortem

Express News Service
CUTTACK: The Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (FMT) division in SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCB MCH) has proposed the State authorities to undertake the digital post-mortem process in its authorized system.Virtual post-mortem includes conducting postmortem by scanning the organs, bones and tissues as an alternative of constructing an incision or dissecting the physique. 

At current, postmortem is being carried out by the standard methodology of dissecting our bodies so as to entry completely different components and organs for examination. The our bodies are being disfigured leading to emotional misery of the kin of the deceased. However, beneath digital post-mortem, the our bodies might be examined with out dissection involving imaging strategies of scanning and imaging expertise resembling computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and many others. 

“Since virtual autopsy is non-invasive, it is less traumatic for surviving family members and may not violate religious practice against violating bodily integrity,” stated head of the division Prof Geeta Sahu. Virtual post-mortem will assist in adequately documenting the forensic findings thereby offering an entire and true image of the article. The selection of strategies is additional supplemented with 3D imaging-guided biopsy methods and postmortem angiography. Moreover, digital post-mortem might be useful in inspecting the contaminated our bodies, Sahu knowledgeable. 

“We are conducting 12 to 15 autopsies per day. Last year, 3,500 bodies were examined by the department,” Sahu stated. If the federal government approves the proposal and gives essential infrastructure, Virtopsy will herald a brand new period within the area of FMT in Odisha, Sahu added. The authorities had earlier sought options from all of the departments of SCB MCH to chalk out a redevelopment plan. Following which, the division has submitted its proposal just lately.