Hospitals to keep digital record of post-mortem reports: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court asked hospitals here to keep digital records of post-mortem reports as backup in case certificates issued to victim's families get "mutilated".
A bench of justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva also asked the authorities concerned to keep the digital records of the photos taken at the time of conducting post-mortem.
"We indicate that post-mortem reports should be kept in digital form. This is necessary as in many cases the parts of the reports given to the victim's family and to the police get mutilated, which affects investigation in the cases," it said.
The bench further said this should be considered and necessary action be taken by the authorities concerned.
The court's suggestion came on a recommendation given by amicus curiae Saqib, who pointed out deficiency related to the post-mortem reports, besides availability of doctors at the mortuaries in the national capital.
It asked the government to file an affidavit regarding the direction given by it.
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