• Question: What is the youngest person you've had to cut open?

    Asked by anon-346851 to Shelina, Richard, Lorna, Katy, Jessica Liu, Caroline, Caitlyn, Alex on 24 Jan 2023.
    • Photo: Katy Bruce

      Katy Bruce answered on 24 Jan 2023:

      I’ve never cut anyone open – this would be the job of either a forensic pathologist or an anatomical pathology technician. I can imagine that those dealing with young people would find it incredibly difficult though, it’s tragic when people die young.

    • Photo: Richard Case

      Richard Case answered on 26 Jan 2023:

      I’ve never had to cut anyone open, but dealing with young victims is very sad

Comments

  • Photo: Sue

    Sue commented on :

    We will undertake a postmortem on any individual where we believe there might be a suggestion of a suspicious or unexplained death. That then includes from the youngest to the oldest.

  • Photo: Wolfram

    Wolfram commented on :

    I have not cut open any person myself, but I have dealt with and analysed specimens taken from young persons p.m. as part of a criminal case investigation. The youngest person was a baby merely a few weeks old. A very, very sad case which I shall never forget.