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How many types of Postmortem

       There are mainly two types of postmortem

i) Clinical or academic postmortem

       This is a postmortem medical professional conducted it with the consent of the relative to know the degree of illness for which the deceased was subjected to treatment for that illness.

ii) Medico-Legal Postmortem

This is also known as forensic postmortem.

          This type of post-mortem is conducted on the call of the legal authority, which is responsible for the investigation of ascertainment of cause of death like sudden, insecure, natural, unnatural,                suspicious, suicidal, etc.

         There are mainly two types of postmortem

i) Clinical or academic postmortem

       This is a postmortem medical professional conducted it with the consent of the relative to know the degree of illness for which the deceased was subjected to treatment for that illness.

ii) Medico-Legal Postmortem

This is also known as forensic postmortem.

          This type of post-mortem is conducted on the call of the legal authority, which is responsible for the investigation of ascertainment of came of death like sudden, insecure, natural, unnatural,                  suspicious, suicidal, etc.


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