In Portugal…
In Portugal, legal medicine is heavily used in the criminal investigation. This is normal because forensic medicine is almost the basis for the criminal activity.
In our country, the agency responsible for the practice of forensic medicine is the Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal (the National Institute of Legal Medicine). This has three delegations:
- Delegation of the North - located in Porto (the image shows the old build
ing)- Delegation of the Centre - located in Coimbra
- Delegation of the South - located in Lisbon .
Its headquarters is the delegation of Coimbra. In those delegations all activities that I already mentioned on forensic medicine are practised. But, as it is related to other areas, there are still other services. In addition, there are smaller offices spread across several cities in the country in which they perform more common procedures as the autopsy or activities of clinical forensic medicine.
Did you know that…
… Some people believe that the term "cesarean" is due to the fact that the emperor Julius
Caesar could have born from a hysterectomy performed during the tanatologic examination of his mother (this was a mandatory procedure in Ancient Rome when a pregnant woman died). … In Portugal is obligatory that the doctor must go to the crime scene. However, this does not happen in all countries.
… The doctor can decide the guilt or innocence of a suspect with their reports.
Written by: Vera Gonçalves
Translated by:Vera Gonçalves
Sources: http://www.inml.mj.pt/
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