Doctors at Kasaragod General Hospital have conducted the first night autopsy after the Kerala High Court directed the State government to make available necessary infrastructure and post staff at the hospital for the purpose.
Kasaragod General Hospital Superintendent K.K. Rajaram, Anaesthesiologist S. Anoop and two other staff did the first autopsy on the body of an 11-year-old boy who died after drowning in a pond, in the wee hours on Saturday.
Dr. Rajaram said that duty doctors cannot do autopsy in doubtful cases. The service of a forensic doctor is required in homicide, suicide, rape, decomposed body and other suspected cases, he said.
