About Us
The Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at Ramaiah Medical College has state of the art facilities, offering an unparalleled opportunity to study Forensic Medicine in a fully operational medico-legal environment.
The Department seeks to educate and inspire the next generation of forensic medicine experts and practitioners by providing quality training through scientific excellence.
Undergraduate and Postgraduate students are trained in legal aspects of medicine, medical ethics and etiquette, thanatology, sexual jurisprudence, and toxicology and are also introduced to procedures such as postmortem examination, examination of victim/accused in sexual assaults, certification in injuries, drunkenness and age estimation by physical, dental and skeletal examination. Innovative teaching methods like moot court, roleplay, dumb charades, case discussions-integration with other departments in central museum etc. have been started for better understanding of the subject by the students.
Teaching staff comprises of qualified forensic experts, training students to be adept with various medicolegal issues that they may face in their professional career. The department renders round the clock medico legal autopsy services, embalming and preservation facilities in a well-equipped and maintained separate mortuary block with a gallery for the students to witness the autopsies. The department has modern amenities and infrastructure including departmental research lab, well organized integrated museum, examination room for sexual offence cases, and a student laboratory.
Highlights
- One of the first few Private Medical Institute in South India to start Autopsies (1991).
- Offers 24x7 Medico legal & Embalming services - Autopsies/Age estimation/Weapon Examination/Expert opinion/POCSO Cases/Deposition in court of law/ Crime Scene Visits.
- Highest number of Autopsies and other medico legal services among the Private medical colleges.
- Crime Scene Visit
- The department is also a member of the Poison Control team and the Collaborative Child Response unit
- COVID times - Handled 1064 Covid deaths, Co-ordinated the preservation, disinfection and disposal of the bodies and Developed SOP-Autopsy Conduction on Covid bodies for Health and Family Welfare department-Government of Karnataka.
- Appreciation letter from Commissioner of Police for aiding in Crime scene investigation.
- Developed SOP Autopsy cunduction on covid bodies (GFW - GOK)
- Co-ordinate in voluntary body donation program and eye donations at the morgue.
- E- Module on Medico Legal Cases: for interns.
- CARe course: Child Abuse Response course for Post graduate students of OBG, Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry and Paediatrics
- C-ECLS course: For interns, Course Director -01
- Observership programme for MSc Forensic Science students from Jain deemed to be university, Bangalore.
- Classes on Medico legal aspects are taken up for Police personnel, Law students and MSU Students
- Through specialized workshops and awareness initiatives, the department also collaborates with the Bangalore Police and Transport Departments of the Government of Karnataka. The Ramaiah Medical College jurisdiction has 28 police stations. North Bengaluru is well-served. The police are trained to examine crime sites.
- The department has also, in collaboration with the Karnataka Government partakes in a unique awareness campaign in schools and colleges to educate youth on road safety, drug abuse and suicide prevention
- Team work, Multitasking and Commitment to quality Service.
- Teaching - Programs in 2 disciplines - Medical/Dental.
- Best Paper Presentation in KAMLS Conference
- Lectures on forensic medicine and crime investigation to police personnel
Message From The Dean
The Department was started by Professor D.Ramu in the year 1982 and he was instrumental in starting the medico legal work in our institute in the year 1991, Which was till then only under the purview of Government Doctors, with the sole intent of making use of the expertise available in private Medical Colleges, to the benefit of society, Medical students and police and thereby in the administration of justice and the baton has been carried on by Dr. Somashekhar and Dr. S Harish in the overall development of the department
Dr. Basappa HugarProfessor & HOD - Department of Forensic Medicine
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