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Popular rumor relates to the profession coroner many different myths and legends. This happens largely because of the fact that its activities are already very specific and, frankly, - very few people can remain indifferent when it comes to the dead human bodies. Lift the veil of secrecy on the work of detectives in white coats tried photojournalist Kostya Vox.
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1. Daily 10-15 injured people come here on their own examination of bodily injuries (including cases of accident). But in most cases this complex almost a century of construction deliver people who never see a white light. The corpses with signs of violent death - the main "patients" of the institution





2. It is a branch of the Centre of Forensic Medicine at the Ministry of Health. Previously, the organization was called "Almaty Bureau of Forensic Medicine." The institution conducts forensic examinations on the basis of the decision of the investigating authorities: inquiry, investigation, trial, prosecutors



3. The situation, as you see, is not the most modern. All advice is free, as part of the investigations. But in recent years, the Centre has and paid services to individuals to conduct the survey, in which only notes the existence of any injuries, chemical-toxicological studies of blood and urine for the presence of drugs and alcohol with the issuance of the inspection certificate. However, this document does not have the force of a court



4. Tahir Halimnazarov - deputy director of the Almaty branch of the expert Center for Forensic Medicine.

 - Our service includes not only the work in the morgue, as many people think. Morgue is a division of Legal Medicine. We also have the Examining Division of the victims, the accused and others - in other words, the Examining Division of living persons. In addition, the structure we also have auxiliary laboratory unit is "Forensic biology department," "Forensic histology department", "chemical-toxicological department" and "Medical and forensic department." All branch offices are open for additional studies and expertise. There is also a department of complex assessments, which conducted the re-examination and examination, requiring the participation of Commission



5. All the proceedings of the Center takes place in close relationship with law enforcement. Conclusion Forensic medical examination - one of the most important evidence materials. For any incident related to the death of people by law to make an examination



6. Due to the fact that working conditions are considered severe, and the specifics of the work in itself is harmful to health, the experts provided for shorter working hours - from 8 am to 3 days. After three hours of the day there is only on duty medical examiner



7. When a dead body with signs of violent death or suspected her duty forensic expert with the task force leaves the scene. It also helps the investigator to describe external injuries on the body and early decomposition, then to another expert who will conduct an autopsy, it was easier to establish the time of death



8. forensic histology department produces microscopic examination of pieces of internal organs seized during autopsy to establish or confirm the diagnosis of exposed



9. In the chemical-toxicological department conducting studies that identify poisonous, narcotic and psychotropic substances in the human body



10. The medical-forensic department of the objects of study are the traces of damage, or the imposition on the human body. Also carefully consider the marks on the clothes, which have arisen due to the interaction with sharp and blunt objects. And studied the bloodstains



11. Here produce ballistic research. The experts of this department to establish the facts destruction of firearms, the amount of damage and the sequence of shots. In addition, they can determine the location of the input and output ports, distance shots, specify the type and characteristics of firearms and ammunition, as well as to say - in what position and posture was a man when a shot



12. By the way, the remains of experts can say everything: race, gender, age, lifetime growth, structural features of the body, the disease that had been in life, injuries



13. These expert studies are able to reconstruct all the events of the crime



14. The forensic examination of the biological department made with the study of blood, secretions, hair, muscles, bones and other biological objects derived from human



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16. Cytological studies were performed to establish the sex of a person by blood, saliva, hair and cell



17. By law, the expert will have one month to give an opinion. Once opened, it issues a medical certificate of death (it may be provisional or final), where he points out the immediate cause of death



18. Given the large volume of work, there is not always time to give laboratory units the results of studies in the available time. In this case, the expert comes with a request to the investigator, who appointed this examination, a request for an extension of



19. People who have died from the disease in hospitals here do not bring. For this purpose there pathoanatomical service of the department of health



20. The amount of work is very high, here comes a daily 5-10 corpses



21. The Centre brought the dead bodies only with signs of violent death or suspected it. There are cases where death occurs when the circumstances are not clear, and then the "patient" is also being taken here



22. - We also deliver all the dead from the local prison to conduct a forensic examination - said deputy director of the expert work



23. After opening the expert describes all the changes or features of the internal organs, he remarked. After taking pieces of tissue, blood and urine, and sends them for further laboratory testing to confirm the diagnosis or to detect additional morphological features



24. When it comes the results of additional research, issued an expert opinion. By the way, it has a graph in which experts warned about the criminal liability for knowingly giving false conclusions. This ensures that the document, which gives expert is objective



25. The medical examiner's job - a big responsibility, because its conclusion - is a kind of feature that is brought under human life. And from what it often depends on the fate of other human



26. One of the problems of the Center - is, above all, lack of young qualified specialists. Due to the weak material support institutions low salaries, and, to be frank, because of the very specific work - young people not seeking to go here. Therefore, those who work - people truly in love with his work



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