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I read the responses and i just wonder if financial gains will make a
consultant Histopathologist have a case referred to the coroners'.
I practise in Nigeria where there are very few consultant
Histopathologists. Payment for routine coroners postmortem amounts to just
over One pound in my centre, which is paid to the Hospital and not to the
pathologist. Most of these coroners' cases help we doctors in training to
learn post mortem examination better under the supervision of the
consultant. Financial gain threfore is not an issue in our centre and for
most Histopathologists.
I doubt it if Alcolado knew the amount involved before he made his
conclusion of financial gain.
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests:
No competing interests
13 February 2004
Gabriel Olabiyi OGUN
Senior Registrar in Histopathology
Department of Pathology, University College Hospital, Ibadan. NIGERIA
Coroners' Postmortem: Financial gain is not important to the Histopathologist.
I read the responses and i just wonder if financial gains will make a
consultant Histopathologist have a case referred to the coroners'.
I practise in Nigeria where there are very few consultant
Histopathologists. Payment for routine coroners postmortem amounts to just
over One pound in my centre, which is paid to the Hospital and not to the
pathologist. Most of these coroners' cases help we doctors in training to
learn post mortem examination better under the supervision of the
consultant. Financial gain threfore is not an issue in our centre and for
most Histopathologists.
I doubt it if Alcolado knew the amount involved before he made his
conclusion of financial gain.
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests