Knowledge and Attitude of Doctors Regarding COVID-19 Dead Body (Suspected/Confirmed): A Research Study

Due to the unprecedented and repeated outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and its highly contagious nature, social life of people of every strata of society across the globe considerably affected both economically as well as mentally. The pandemic affected the people most who earn their subsistence on a daily basis, working in the unorganised sector, patients suffering from co-morbidity, who need regular check-ups, as the government imposed lockdown and restricted the movement of people to check the spread of COVID-19. Despite the low fatality rate, the coronavirus created havoc among the people mainly due to inadequate medical infrastructure such as shortage of ICU beds, ventilators, lifesaving oxygen, medical staff and much more. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised challenges in the handling of the deceased of suspected or confirmed cases due to lack of knowledge and research. There is a lot of speculation among forensic medicine experts regarding post-mortem examination and management of the dead body after post-mortem examination of COVID-19 suspected or confirmed cases. The authors have conducted a research study based on a questionnaire to assess the knowledge & attitude of forensic medicine experts regarding post-mortem examination and management of COVID-19 dead body (suspected/confirmed).