FORENSIC MEDICINE

Hod Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Dr. Dayanand Kolpe
Professor and HOD Dept. of of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

About the Department :

Forensic Medicine is medical specialty which deals with the application of medical knowledge in the administration of justice. Forensic medicine expert deal with medico-legal work e.g. post-mortem examination, examination of rape victim & accused, examination and reporting of injuries, weapons, certification of age and drunkenness etc.

Vision

To produce a future medical graduate who will be more informed about medico-legal responsibilities and to train competent expert in Forensic Medicine.
To enhance Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based teaching –learning.
To produce future Teacher and Researcher in the field of Forensic Medicine.

Mission

At the end of course the student shall able to

Make them acquire knowledge of the law in relation to medical practice, medical negligence and in respect for codes of medical ethics.
Identify the day to day medico-legal problems in practice and resolve them.
Describe the medico-legal aspects and findings of post-mortem examination in case of death due to common unnatural conditions.
Diagnose, manage and identify the legal aspect of poisoning cases.
Perform the post-mortem examination, collect and preserve the trace evidences for further investigation in a medico-legal case.
Interpret histo-pathological, radiological, chemical and DNA analysis for medico-legal cases.
To understand and respect the code of medical ethics.