We got information that Idukki SP had called DHS to conduct the postmortem,” Idukki DMO Dr N Priya told TOI.
As per medico legal code, in suspected cases only police surgeons should conduct postmortem examinations. The medico legal code 2018 states that, “Cases of murder, suspicious deaths, complicated cases, cases where no obvious cause of death is revealed at inquest as per Colum No 8 of KPF 102 and all cases where inquest was held by a magistrate, as per Sec 176 of CrPC, should be done by the police surgeons’ medical officers working in institutions authorized to undertake medico-legal post-mortem examination will have the right to refer or redirect requisition for post-mortem examination in all such cases to the nearest police surgeon.” “The ENT surgeon conducted the autopsy as per the direction of the DHS. The superintendent was aware that it was a clear violation of medico legal code,” said officials. “Vandanmedu sub inspector, including the police team, first put pressure to conduct the postmortem. The superintendent was asked to direct the duty doctor, an ENT surgeon, to conduct the postmortem. According to sources, the DHS called the hospital superintendent and ordered the autopsy, which was then conducted by the duty doctor. It was counter signed by the hospital superintendent. Hence the body is referred to a forensic surgeon for autopsy examination,” the referral report said. “As per inquest the cause of death is not obvious. The duty doctor then referred an autopsy by the forensic surgeon. The inquest report said the man was found dead inside his home and that the reason of death was not obvious.
Vandanmedu police produced the body of a 68-year-old man at the hospital for autopsy. The incident happened at Kattappana taluk hospital on October 28. IDUKKI: In an apparent violation of the medico legal code, a duty doctor was allegedly ordered by the director of health service ( DHS) – after being prodded by police – to conduct autopsy on a man who died in suspicious circumstances.
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