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…
The Department of Forensic Medicine is responsible for most of the medico-legal cases of the Kathmandu District and for education of medical students in the three districts that make up Kathmandu Valley. The department is also actively involved in the conducting of medico-legal trainings and for DVI operations through-out Nepal. 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…
Dr. Eugene and I got an opportunity to witness the work of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) in Melbourne, Australia, for a six-week forensic medical fellowship in 2014. This visit was supported by the Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships Program and was funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Read more…
Clinical forensic medicine is a major branch of forensic medicine which, if developed, can significantly strengthen the rule of law in developing countries like ours. This field involves the medico-legal examination of the living to help the judiciary impart justice to the society as a whole. Age estimation is an Read more…
चिकित्सा शास्त्रमा रोग पत्ता लगाउन र रोगको निदान गर्न रगतको परिक्षणले महत्वपूर्ण भुमिका निर्वाह गरेको जगजाहेर नै छ। अपराध अनुसन्धानमा पनि रगतको अपरिहार्य भुमिका हुन्छ। कुनै पनि घटनास्थलमा प्राय: रगत भेटिन्छ। एक थोपा रगतको अन्वेशणले थुप्रै फौज्दारि अपराधका तथ्य उदाङ्गो भएका उदाहरणहरू प्रशस्त छन्। कुनै कुनै अपराधिहरूले बठ्याई गर्न खोजेर Read more…