Tamil Nadu   

`Go by doctors' word in medico-legal cases'

By Our Staff Reporter

MADURAI, SEPT. 6. Medical testimonies should be given more weight in medico-legal cases, Henry Tiphagne, executive director, People's Watch-Tamil Nadu, Madurai, has said.

If lawyers and doctors worked in tandem, they can be a major force in combating torture. Further, if doctors coordinated with human rights activists, the increasing incidence of torture in society could be curbed. However, doctors should be summoned to court only in case of necessity and not for all cases.

Mr. Tiphagne was speaking at the inauguration of a training programme on `Medico Legal Aspects of Torture Medicine', organised by the People's Watch-Tamil Nadu, Madurai, and the Institute of Legal Medicine, Chennai, here yesterday.

M. Chidambaram, president, Indian Medical Association, Madurai, said human rights should be part of medical education.

S. Somasundaram, president, Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association, said government doctors were performing high-risk operations with limited facilities in government hospitals. He suggested that a training programme be organised to expose doctors to the nitty-gritty of medico-legal cases.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Tamil Nadu

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary | Updates: Breaking News |

Stories in this Section

• Post office to help EC in rolls revision
• Low pressure may bring rain
• Where have all the scripts gone?
• `Support redefined strategies for poverty eradication'
• Dayanidhi Maran favours Global Positioning System
• `Dhanuskodi will be reclaimed'
• Adopt modern technology to cut cost, mining industry urged
• Dies of diarrhoea symptoms
• 2 die of diarrhoea symptoms
• ENGAGEMENTS
• Vaiko plea to be taken up in apex court soon
• Open University to give spot admissions
• MDMK claims credit for Sethu project
• Four more POTA detenus begin fast
• `Only 30 per cent of UGC grant used for college development'
• Forward Bloc to extend conditional support
• Congress will take criticism in the right spirit: Vasan
• Attempt to murder case against Santhanam
• `Go by doctors' word in medico-legal cases'
• Annamalai examination results today
• A clean operation
• `Success of surgery hinges on anaesthesia'
• Escapee prisoner arrested in 5 hours
• Haul of detonators
• Briefly

Copyright © 2004, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu