Virtual Autopsy used in Comedian Raju Srivastava's postmortem, says AIIMS Forensic Chief

New Delhi: The 58-year-old comedian Raju Srivastava succumbed to death on Wednesday after suffering for more than 40 days at the intensive care unit (ICU) of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The postmortem of comedian Raju Srivastava was performed using a novel technique — virtual autopsy — devoid of dissections, AIIMS forensic department head Dr. Sudhir Gupta said.

Virtual autopsy, done with the help of high-tech digital X-rays and CT scans, is less time-consuming compared to the traditional postmortem and is non-invasive, allowing the body to be released for cremation or burial sooner, Gupta said.

When asked why an autopsy had to be done in this case, he said, "In the very beginning when he was brought to the AIIMS casualty, he was not in his senses and a clear history of falls during running on a treadmill could not be explained properly.

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"That's a reason it had become a medico-legal case, and in such type of cases police opt for postmortem if the person dies." The traditional surgery during autopsy is a little bit of pain-giving to the aggrieved family, Gupta said, adding that AIIMS Delhi is the only institute in Southeast Asia that has been doing virtual autopsy for the last two years.