150 Counties Nationwide Lack a Forensic Medicine Center

The head of the country's Legal Medicine Organization announced that 150 counties lack a forensic medicine center, and said 85 development projects have been defined to expand the organization's services nationwide.

The head of the country's forensic medicine organization announced the absence of forensic medicine centers in 150 cities and said that 85 construction projects have been defined to develop the services of this organization throughout the country.

Ambassador of Arjan-Community Group: Abbas Masjidi Arani, on the sidelines of the ritual of using high-technology equipment of the Khorasan Razavi General Forensic Medicine Laboratory, added: "During the interactions with the government and the Islamic Council, 85 construction projects were defined across the country, and our effort is to bring these projects into the service cycle in less than a year."

He continued: Although there are many financial restrictions due to sanctions and war conditions in the country, but with the determination and will of the government, the parliament and the judiciary, these projects have been started in the country in order to respect the people and fair access to forensic medical services and optimal service, and some of these projects will be opened by the end of this year.

According to him, the country's forensic medicine organization has more than four thousand personnel and more than 470 centers across the country.

The head of the Forensic Medicine Organization of the country said regarding the lack of manpower in this organization: Last year, we received 538 employment permits from the Employment Administration Organization and the Program and Budget Organization, and we are recruiting this number, although this number is not enough, but efforts are being made to obtain more permits and recruit workers in all cities.

Regarding the use of elite capacity in forensic medicine, Masjidi Arani said: elites who do not want to work in forensic medicine as doctors or in the laboratory field, can work in the research center and present their new and creative ideas that are related to forensic medicine or related to their health system in "Clues" festivals.

The head of the Forensic Medicine Organization of the country further stated: The vast province of Khorasan Razavi is the hub of the forensic medicine of the country, because this province is responsible for a significant percentage of the missions of this organization in terms of the number of cases and the population.

Masjedi Arani added: "Fortunately, all laboratory levels are open in Razavi Khorasan, and today 2 advanced laboratory equipments were added to this province, and with their use, one and a half months of delay in the proceedings of cases in the field of toxicology will be reduced."

In another part of his speech, he said: We have 500,000 injured in accidents every year in the country, 10% of whom are disabled, and each of them costs the government 100 billion rials.

According to him, the government should address the position of unsafe cars in order to reduce these accidents. In this regard, the no-accident campaign has been launched in the country for the past few years.

The judiciary made it possible to prepare and send declarations and bills with the help of artificial intelligence in the portal of judicial electronic services, and the first declaration was registered in absentia.

The head of the Statistics and Information Technology Center of the Judiciary said: The services of the judicial system are provided to the people 24 hours a day.

The head of the Forensic Medicine Organization announced that during the recent attacks, more than three thousand dead were referred to identification centers and about 40% of them could not be identified initially due to severe injuries, but with the use of the specialized capacities of the organization, the identities of all cases were determined and handed over to the families.