Postmortem examination training of Doctors and mortuary attendants
| Name | Uganda Police Directorate of Health Services |
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| Activity Title | Postmortem examination training of Doctors and mortuary attendants |
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| Details | The Directorate of Police Health Services is mandated to provide Medico-legal services in administration of justice among other services. This requires medical evidence and one way of achieving this is by conducting Postmortem examinations and presenting expert evidence in courts of law. A larger proportion of this work is being performed by the Doctors in the mainstream Health Sector and it has being realized the quality of the work is not to the required standards to secure successful prosecution. In order to address this gap, there has been periodic capacity building training of Doctors in the upcountry Hospitals.
Objective
• To train Drs /Morticians in Postmortem examinations /techniques, cases and record management
Participants
Four (4) Doctors and one Morticians Wamala Region (Districts of Kyankwanzi , Kiboga)
The training was facilitated by 4 Doctors
Training contents
• Postmortem techniques
• Mortuary management in general, Receiving and handing over of bodies, Mortuary hygiene/universal infection control/prevention measures, body handling, dissection of bodies, and equipment mantainance ( Morticians)
• Record keeping
• Certification of deaths ( Writing of Death certificates)
• Postmortem report writing ( Only for Drs)
• Handling problem cases that, included sudden deaths, drowning, burns, decomposing bodies, poisoning, asphyxia deaths, Gunshot injuries etc ( Only for Drs)
Training period
14-17th March,2023
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| Competence | Pathology |
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| Start Date | 14-03-2023 |
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| End Date | 17-03-2023 |
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| Event Time | 08:00 AM |
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| Location | City Mortuary, Mulago |
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| Cost (UGX) | 0 |
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| CPD Points | 24 |
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