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Facilities, Equipments & Special services

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For Student

I. II MBBS Students – About 200 students per batch
II. Lectures: in Forensic Pathology, Clinical Forensic Medicine & Forensic Toxicology – lectures per week for lst and 2nd term students.
III. Practical: – in Forensic Pathology, Clinical Forensic Medicine & Forensic Toxicology – 3 days in a week. Revision lectures and practical for 3rd term students.
IV. Autopsy Demonstration
V. Court procedures: for interested students along with teachers.
VI. Medicolegal Consultancy: to medical practitioners, lawyers and public as and when needed.

B. Post graduate teaching

M.D.forensic medicine:
The post graduate teaching and training programme for students from J.J and Nair hospitals, consists of Autopsy techniques, recent advances in Forensic medicine and toxicology, medicolegal case discussions and journal clubs.

C. Others:

I. The department has collaborations with Sports Authority of India (SAI) and various other regional and state level sporting bodies to establish age of sporting personnel.
II. The department collaborates with corporate houses like Reliance India Ltd (RIL) etc to establish age of their employees.
III. The department collaborates with several NGOs to examine sexual crimes taking place in orphanages, dormitories etc.

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For Patient

Other

 

Research Projects:

The department has been awarded a project by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to identify 50 most accident prone areas in Mumbai and to work out methods to reduce accidents in these areas.

CME Programmes/ Conferences/ Activities:

I. The department organised a two – day state – level workshop on 31st March – 1st April 2012 titled ‘Comprehensive Healthcare Response to Survivors of Sexual Assault’ in collaboration with CEHAT [Centre for Enquiry into Health & Allied Themes]
II. The department organised a one – day state – level CME on 15th April, 2012 titled ‘Violence against Women and Role of Health Care Providers’.

Achievements:

I. This department was recognized for U.G teaching by MCI in 1998.
II. Departmental curriculum has been further expanded to include didactic lectures, practical demonstration and live demonstration of firearm ammunitions and venomous animals at Haffkines Institute
III. Renovation of post mortem room and cold storage cabinets was done as per the norms and the directives of the High Court.
IV. Computerization of department with modern electronic equipments.