Issuing death certificate without errors takes a good amount of time for a doctor practicing forensic medicine. Issuing death certificate also has legal implications. To reduce the pressure on doctors a state-aided institute has developed a new software. Birth certificate and death certificate are two of the most important documents for any citizen. While issuing a birth certificate, not many parameters are crucial as compared to the death certificate.
Because of the legal bearing of the death certificate, it requires defining of various parameters related to death. These complicate the life of forensic medicine practitioner. The state-aided Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) at Sevagram, Maharashtra has developed a software to issue death certificates. The software is aimed at reducing the time and errors in issuing the certificate. It also aims at the providing…
