forensic

DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE

	Services			Departments

Faculty

Introduction

Infrastructure

Services

Academic Activities

Vision of the Department

	Faculty
	*Prof.(Dr.) Amarjyoti Patowary* Professor & HOD			*Dr. A.D.Ropmay, MD* Additional Professor

	*Dr. Daunipaia Slong* Associate Professor

	Senior Resident Doctors:

	Introduction
	The Department of Forensic Medicine had a humble beginning in February 2009 with the recruitment of a single faculty member. The initial objective of setting up the department was to create an environment suitable for teaching and training students of the MBBS course. After achieving this primary aim, the department is committed to pursuing other long term goals which would benefit patients, society and the community as a whole. Small but steady steps have been to establish a Department that imparts quality education supported by the best available educational resources and audio-visual aids.
	Infrastructure
	The Department is housed in the first floor of the Faculty Block and has the following facilities:- Practical laboratory Demonstration room Museum Departmental library Rooms for faculty and staff Store room Autopsy block - The main hospital houses an ‘Autopsy Block’ of approximately 400 sq. metres at the basement (-1 level) with facilities for cold storage of cadavers, ante rooms and washing facilities, and an accommodation capacity for 15-20 students.
	Services
	Regular rounds in Casualty and PICU to find out the number of medico-legal cases (MLC) and poisoning cases admitted there. Expert advice on forensic-related matters is available as and when required by residents in Casualty. Examination and reporting of Medico-legal Cases.
	Academic Activities
	Classes for MBBS students Classes for BSc Nursing Students are taken to Civil Hospital, Shillong in groups of six every Monday for live postmortem demonstration, accompanied by a Senior Resident Doctor.
	New Activities Workshop on Medicolegal Procedures, conducted by the department on June 12th, 2015 in Lecture Theatre 1, NEIGRIHMS.
	Research
	The Department had completed conducting a study on the pattern of poisoning cases admitted to NEIGRIHMS Casualty.
	Research publications Slong D, Ropmay AD. A sociodemographic study of suicidal deaths. Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. Jan-June 2014; 31(1): 91-94 Ropmay AD. Crimes against women in matrilineal Meghalaya: A forensic medical perspective. Journal of the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine. Oct-Dec 2014; 36(4): 399-403 Barman S, Slong D, Ropmay AD. Duties of Doctors in Poisoning Cases. NEIGRIHMS Journal of Health and Medical Sciences. 2014; 6(1): 43-46
	Vision of the Department
	To extend medico-legal autopsy services for hospital deaths with the approval of the appropriate authority. To set up an analytical toxicology laboratory for the analysis of hospital samples from cases of suspected poisoning. It is hoped that, in future, the department will be able to form a liaison with the local police and government while dealing with forensic cases.