New Delhi:
On Monday, the Center authorized post-sunset autopsies at hospitals with adequate infrastructure, except in cases of murder, suicide, rape and dismembered bodies. cancel.
Referring to the development, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a tweet in Hindi said, “End of the system set by the British! Autopsies can be conducted 24/ 24. Carrying out Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of good governance, the Ministry of Health has decided that autopsies can be carried out even after sunset in hospitals with facilities that carry out the procedure. show at night.”
“In response to the many references received by the Union Health Ministry from various sources and in line with the government’s commitment to promoting easy living by reducing the burden of compliance with protocols government, changes have been made to post-mortem protocols for the Health Department to say.
“In addition to friends and relatives of the deceased, this new procedure also promotes organ donation and transplantation as organs can be harvested within a specified period of time after the procedure.”
Many representatives of the Department on this matter were examined by a technical committee within the General Department of Health Services, Union of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
It is safe to say that some institutes have conducted nighttime autopsies. Due to the rapid advancement and improvement in technology, especially the availability of lighting and the necessary infrastructure for post-mortem post-mortem work, performing a post-mortem examination, the ministry said. Night trials in hospitals are feasible.
The Protocol stipulates that the pre-emptive disposition of cadavers for organ donation, and even after sundown, in hospitals with the infrastructure to conduct autopsies on a regular basis, it said.
The Ministry of Health added that, along with other infrastructure, hospital personnel will assess the appropriateness and adequacy of the infrastructure to ensure that there is no dilution of proven value.
“The establishment must also ensure that video recording of the autopsy is performed for all autopsies conducted during the night, to rule out any suspicion, and is kept for future reference for legal purposes,” it stressed.
However, cases that fall under categories such as murder, suicide, rape and dismemberment should not be autopsied at night unless there is a law and order situation, the ministry added.
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