Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

The Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, is a part of undergraduate course in Homoeopathy. It is taught to the Second BHMS students.

The Department has got the Infrastructure and Experienced staff bringing in innovative teaching methods to present the knowledge and provide a clear understanding in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, based on the syllabus prescribed by the regulatory authorities namely The Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai and CCH, New Delhi.

The Department has a laboratory which is spacious, well lighted and ventilated. The laboratory can accommodate 50 students and is well equipped with sufficient specimens, equipment, instruments and other facilities as prescribed by CCH.

The Department is well equipped with Museum, Staff Room and Demonstration Room. All the Legal Procedure Acts, Professional Ethics and Etiquette, Mechanical Injuries, Post-Mortem Changes, Toxicology, etc., are taught in detail to the students.

The Department museum consists of Charts, Model, all kindsof Weapons, Bones, Poisons (Organic and Inorganic), Chemicals, etc. We also have instruments ranging from small shaving blades to large axe andmultiple bone sets of all ages. We also have various toxins derived from plants, animals, metals, minerals, etc.