Forensic Medicine Plays a Vital Role in Our Justice System

摘要

Medicine and law have been related from the earliesttimes, perhaps from the perceived necessity ofprotecting the community from the irresponsible actsof unqualified medical practitioner and quacks.Forensic medicine deals with the application ofmedical and paramedical knowledge to aid in theadministration of justice. It is used by the legalauthorities for the solution of legal problems. Someexamples are: applying the medical knowledge indeciding cases of injuries, murder, suicide, accidents,sexual offences, poisoning etc because law have nomedical knowledge The beauty of the discipline ofForensic Medicine is its multifaceted nature and itsextension and relevance into many branches ofmedicine. Of note is its medical, social and legalrelevance. Mainly in our country forensic service givenby two ways: Autopsy ( Forensic Pathology ) and VictimExamination (Clinical forensic medicine). InBangladesh all unnatural deaths are to be reported atthe nearest police station and an appointed policeofficer should visit the scene of crime for investigationand to arrange Autopsy if required1. Every citizen wantsproper justice which can be ensured by proper autopsy.But in our country Forensic Medicine is neglected andday by day deteriorating. The forensic services of thecountry are delivered partly by academic staffs ofGovernment Medical Colleges and the rest by the CivilSurgeons. Sometimes, Resident Medical Officers inthe district hospitals perform the medico-legal work.Most of them have no forensic qualifications except along exposure in the medico-legal field. More than twodecades academic and professional postgraduatecourses are available in our country. More than 100medical colleges are present in the country . We haveonly 5 professors, 6 Associate professor and 3 assistantprofessor in government medical colleges in ForensicMedicine Department.