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| Prof.
Krishan Vij |
MD,
LLB |
Professor |
| Prof.
B.R. Sharma |
MD |
Professor |
| Dr.
Dasari Harish |
MD |
Associate Professor |
| Dr.
KH Chavali |
MD |
Assistant Professor |
| Dr.
Chittaranjan Behera |
MD |
Assistant Professor |
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Demonstrators |
Department of Forensic Medicine situated at
level V of the College Building deals with medical aspects of law as well as legal aspects
of medical practice. Mortuary, housed in the L-block of the hospital, comprises of
adequate space with modern facilities for conducting postmortems.
TEACHING
The department has been rendering services
in the form of teaching to 50 MBBS students of 4th semester & 50 students
of 3rd semester every year. Post Graduation Programme has been started since
2003 with annual intake of one PG student, after approval by the Medical Council of India.
The department has also been extending
medicolegal training to the interns during their compulsory Rotatory
internship
RESEARCH
A study for the thesis to MD Forensic
Medicine title " A profile of poisioning cases coming to GMCH, Chandigarh" in
collaboration with Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Sector 36, Chandigarh is being
coducted.
SERVICES
The Department conducted 288 medico legal
autopsies during year 2003
'Embalming' of dead bodies as and when
required, is being conducted in mortuary
The department also provides expert
consultation to the Emergency Wing of GMCH and GH Sector 16 in complicated medicolegal
cases referred to it by Director Health Services Chandigarh
Administration
Expert opinion is being extended to
various investigating agencies of UT, Chandigarh, Punjab & Haryana
The faculty of the department has
been delivering the lectures to the trainees as well as officers of investigating agencies
deputed from other states at the Central Detectives Training School Sector 36,
Chandigarh.
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