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Forensic Pathology Service

The Forensic Pathology Service provides forensic pathology and clinical forensic medicine services to government departments. It works closely with the Police and provides professional input on medico-legal aspects of criminal cases.

Services include :

• operation of public mortuaries
• attendance at scenes of crimes
• clinical medico-legal examinations of victims and suspects of crime
• provision of expert opinions in Courts of Law on medical matters

Downloads :

• This link will open in a new window Information for Identifiers (pdf file)
• This link will open in a new window Procedures of Body Collection (pdf file)

For further information about the Forensic Pathology Service, please visit This link will open in a new window http://www.fps.gov.hk .