New Delhi, Nov 15, : .The Union Health Ministry allowed hospitals to perform post mortem even after sunset provided they have adequate infrastructure and facilities.
The new post-mortem rules will be effective from Monday onwards.Effective Monday, the new post-mortem rules are in effect. The new procedure will also promote organ donation and transplant, as organs can be harvested in the stipulated time window after the procedure, said the Health Ministry.According to the Health Ministry, the new procedure will promote organ donation and transplantation by allowing organs to be harvested within the time frame.
The protocol stipulates that post-mortems for organ donation be taken up on priority and be conducted even after sunset at the hospitals which have the infrastructure for conducting them on a regular basis.Protocol stipulates that organ donation post-mortems must be performed at all hospitals with the infrastructure to do so.
The fitness and adequacy of the infrastructure at the hospitals for post-mortem shall be assessed by the hospital-in-charge to ensure that there is no dilution of evidentiary value.To ensure there is no dilution in evidentiary value, the hospital-in charge shall assess the health and adequacy the infrastructure at the hospitals.
The Health Ministry said that video recording will be done for all post-mortems conducted at night to rule out any suspicion and for future reference for legal purposes.According to the Health Ministry, video recording will be made for all nightly post-mortems in order to rule out suspicions and for future legal reference.
“In response to the multiple references that have been received by the Health Ministry from various sources and in line with the government’s commitment to promote ease of living by reducing the burden imposed due to compliance to government processes, changes have been made in the post-mortem protocols to allow for the procedure to be conducted after sunset effective from today,” the ministry said.”In response to multiple references received by the Health Ministry, from different sources, and in line with government’s commitment promote ease-of-living by reducing burden imposed by compliance to government processes,” the ministry stated.
The ministry further said that it has been ascertained that some institutes are already performing night-time post-mortems.Further, the ministry stated that some institutions are performing night-time post mortems.
In view of the rapid advancement and improvement in technology, especially the availability of required lighting and infrastructure required for post-mortems, performing night time post-mortem in hospitals is now feasible.It is now possible to perform nighttime post-mortems in hospitals due to the rapid advances and improvements in technology.
However, cases under categories such as homicide, suicide, rape, decomposed bodies and suspected foul play should not be subjected for post-mortem during night time, unless there is a law and order situation.However, post-mortem should not be performed at night for cases falling under the categories of homicide, suicide or decomposed bodies, and suspected foul play unless there are laws and order.
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