The Third Forensic Symposium and Annual General Meeting of Medico-Legal Society of Nepal was held at Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal on 15th of September 2018. The opening ceremony was chaired by Rt. Hon’ble Chief Justice Om Prakash Mishra. Distinguished dignitaries included CEO of Kathmandu Medical College – Dr. Damodar Pokhrel, Read more…
at Sinamangal Five members of Executive committee of MeLeSoN held a meeting on 27th March 2018 at Department of Forensic Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal. It was decided that a National Conference on Forensic Medicine and 3rd Annual General Body Meeting of MeLeSoN will be held on September 2018 with Read more…
Glimpses of MeLeSoN at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
at National Health Training Center, Teku, Kathmandu, Nepal. – 22nd November, 2017 A Joint effort by MeLeSoN & ICRC Kathmandu
The B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) was established on Jan 18, 1993 and subsequently upgraded as an autonomous Health Sciences University on Oct 28, 1998 with a mandate to work towards developing a socially-responsible and competent health work force, providing health care and being involved in and helping Read more…
Birgunj in Parsa District is an economic hub, almost regarded as the economic capital of the country. It was till a year ago the major gateway for goods that need to be imported into Nepal from India, but this custom responsibility has now been more evenly shared with other cities Read more…
Medico-legal services in Nepal are not yet fully recognized as a ‘service’ sector and are treated as if they were an ‘unidentified dead body’, sadly, by all the stake holders of the medico-legal system of the country. Medico-legal cases are investigated – that is, examined, documented and reported – Read more…
मिति २०७२ फागुन १२ मा पोखराबाट जोमसोम जाँदै गरेको तारा एयरको विमान म्याग्दी जिल्लाको विकट स्थानमा दुर्घटनामा प¥यो । चालकदलका ३ सदस्य सहित २३ जना यात्रुहरूको मृत्यु भयो । मृत लासहरू छोटो समयमै फेला परे र तीन मृतकको घटनास्थलमै सनाखत गरी आवश्यक documentation बिना नै त्यहीँबाट आफन्तलाई जिम्मा लगाइयो । Read more…
The time since death or post-mortem interval (PMI) is the time interval from the death of an individual to the time of examination. In medico-legal autopsies it is very important to give a reliable time-frame since death as it can help include or exclude the suspects involved in the crime, Read more…
The department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, as a routine has been continuously engaged in teaching MBBS and BDS students. The department consists of an office complex, a well set museum and a mortuary in collaboration with Bharatpur Hospital (A central level government hospital). As highlighted by Bernard and Knight, Read more…