Now post-mortem in 4 hrs in UP: Dy CM
27-Jun-2025 03:18 PM 4603
Lucknow, June 27 (Reporter) The Uttar Pradesh government has simplified the process of post-mortem in the state and now only 4 hours would be required for completing a post-mortem. State Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who is also the minister for health, has instructed the medical colleges to conduct the post-mortem in a maximum of four hours to reduce the pain of family members in their hour of grief. On the instructions of the Deputy CM, principal secretary of health department Partha Sarathi Sen Sharma released new guidelines of post-mortem here today. Districts where a large number of post-mortems are being done, there the CMO would make proper arrangements of doctors to perform the post-mortem within the time frame. The deputy CM said after the sunset, post-mortem should be done as per rules. Related records along with the body should also be sent to the post-mortem house as soon as possible. In the case of post -mortem at night, arrangements of 1,000 watt lights should be made. Other important resources should also be sufficient so that the post-mortem action continues for 24 hours. "Do not do post-mortem at night in cases related to murder, suicide, sexual offence, mutilated bodies and deaths under suspicious circumstances," he suggested. However, in unavoidable reasons, a post-mortem can also be done at night on the permission of the district magistrate and his authorized officer, the Deputy CM said. The government order says that videography of the post-mortem in the night should be made compulsory in a death case in the first 10 years of marriage, police encounter, death in police custody or any mysterious death...////...
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