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SERVICES
- Clinical forensic examinations and post-mortem examinations for Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, Sirimavo Bandaranaike Specialized Children’s Hospital, Peradeniya, Dental Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya and upon the requests of regional magistrates and coroners.
- Referral centre for specialized examinations, controversial cases and repeat autopsies
- Clinical medico-legal examinations for the regional police, prisons and on judicial requests.
- Histopathological examinations on tissues taken from judicial autopsies, with a view to estimate the cause of death, time since death and time since injury.
- Visiting appointments to other Faculties and Universities.
FACILITIES
- For conducting autopsies
- A large space with three tables for conducting autopsies.
- Separate autopsy room for putrefied and high risk autopsies.
- Coroner’s room with all facilities.
- Changing rooms for doctors (male and female) with washrooms.
- Large waiting area for relatives and police officers.
- Still photography service with modern equipment.
- Modern audio-visual facilities where you can watch the autopsy (remote viewing) from another room and recording of autopsies.
- Forensic histopathology
- Dual-headed teaching microscope.
- Stereo microscope.
- Two forensic museums.
- Moot court – mock trial facilities.
- Forensic anthropology lab.
- Forensic photography.
- Armory.
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR REFERRALS
- Clinical forensic examination cases and post mortem examinations.
- Histopathological examinations.
- Skeletal remain analysis.
- Forensic anthropology and human identification.
- Diatom analysis.
OTHER SERVICES / PROGRAMS
- Accredited training centre for the MD in Forensic Medicine for the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
- Diploma in Forensic Medicine for Lawyers and Judges (DFM).
- Training workshops for post graduate training programmes in other medical specialties
- Training workshops for police officers, coroners, lawyers and judges.
- Awareness programs for the public.
- Collaborative workshops on child abuse / death investigation / gender-based violence / crime scene investigation.
- Training of postmortem assistants.
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