Judicial Medical Officer Services

This includes Forensic pathology and clinical forensic medicine. These are provided to six police areas (Welikada,  Wellampitiya,  Thalangama, Mulleriyawa, Athurugiriya and Nawagamuwa)

• Medico-legal investigation of sudden,unexpected or unnatural deaths by performing autopsies and other relevant special investigations.
• Visit scenes of crime /death to assist police and courts in reconstruction of incidents.
• Conduct microscopic, serological, chemical and other examination of organs, tissues and fluids taken from deceased persons.
• Provide expert advice to Government Medical Officers in performing postmortem examination.
• Perform exhumations and postmortem examinations on exhumed bodies.
• Assist police to identify deceased persons or skeletal remains by examining specimens produce.
• Perform medico-legal examinations of victims of assaults and accidents.
• Examine and report on cases of drunkenness, victims of sexual assaults, persons in custody, persons referred by courts for age estimation, human rights violations and other relevant special investigations.
• Conduct relevant investigations in all the above cases.

• Provide   expert   advice   to   the   judiciary   and   the   Attorney-General’s   Department   when   required.
• Entomological   studies.