Mumbai: The preliminary autopsy report of Dr Payal Tadvi was issued by the JJ hospital on Wednesday giving a prima facie opinion on the alleged suicide of the junior doctor. The report has attributed her death to the lecture marks found around her neck but has however, reserved the final opinion for a detailed report, which is expected to be released in the coming days. Tadvi’s family has however cried foul on the post-mortem report and has pinned holes in the said report. The parents have highlighted the negligence on part of the JJ hospital doctors, who have allegedly not follower the due procedure in conducting post-mortem.
The one page report, prepared a day after the alleged suicide states, “The preliminary cause of death is due to the evidence of ligature marks on the neck. However, the final opinion is reserved.” The family has however, slammed the JJ authorities for not following the guidelines for conducting the autopsy. “The post-mortem was done by the most junior doctors of the JJ hospital, which is against the guidelines for conducting autopsy,” said advocate Nitin Satpute, who represents the Tadvi family.
“According to the guidelines, a panel comprising associate professor, professor and civil surgeon, for conducting the autopsy. We do not know how and why these most junior doctors were selected to conduct the postmortem. Who shortlisted these doctors?” asked Satpute. The family has accordingly demanded a fresh post-mortem of Payal. “There is deliberate negligence on part of the senior doctors. There is an attempt to shield the accused doctors thus we want a fresh post-mortem,” Satpute said.
The family has further slammed the Mumbai police for failing to put forth “strong” grounds to seek custody of the three arrested doctors. “We found no strong ground in the remand copy of the police against the arrested accused. The grounds indicate the court would not grant further custody of the accused doctors,” said Satpute. “We have thus met Neelam Gorhe requesting her to transfer the probe to either the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the Crime Branch,” the advocate said.
