Forensic Medicine

Overview:

The department of Forensic Medicine is a science that teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purpose of the law. The department is dedicated to the study and consecutive application of different areas of the medical sciences. These are applied to Human Body in order to assist the law in investigating a crime including murder, sexual assault, poisoning, or natural death. It deals with the concept of imparting knowledge of Medico-Legal responsibilities to the treating physician and various problems related to the practice of legal medicine. It is also engaged in performing medico-legal duties like postmortem examinations and medico-legal examinations.

Facilities & Services:

• The department has modern amenities with well-planned and furnished faculty rooms and offices, equipped with computers for the faculty members and Wi-Fi internet facility, non-teaching staff rooms,
• Practical laboratories for students
• Demonstration Room, equipped with an audio-visual system for scientific sessions
• Departmental library
• Research laboratory
• Museum with mounted specimens, charts, and illustrations

Medico-legal work:

The department has applied to the Govt. of Manipur for permission to perform a postmortem examination. It provides a service to society by performing medico-legal autopsy services, in a well-equipped and maintained separate mortuary block, complete with modern equipment and other facilities. The autopsy can be witnessed by the students from a gallery in the autopsy room. The mortuary has state of art facility to conduct 2 autopsies simultaneously. Mortuary has a facility to preserve 2 bodies in cold storage in medico-legal cases. The department is also equipped with facilities and manpower to conduct post mortems on the spot if required.