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Postmortem Examination Report Template

The document is a postmortem report for an individual identified as KR, whose body was brought to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Mortuary on September 24, 2025. It outlines the necessary sections for documenting the findings from external and internal examinations, including details on the body's condition, injuries, and potential cause of death. The report also includes spaces for signatures of the medical officers involved in the postmortem process.

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Postmortem Examination Report Template

The document is a postmortem report for an individual identified as KR, whose body was brought to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Mortuary on September 24, 2025. It outlines the necessary sections for documenting the findings from external and internal examinations, including details on the body's condition, injuries, and potential cause of death. The report also includes spaces for signatures of the medical officers involved in the postmortem process.

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Postmortem Report

Body brought in to; Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Mortuary

Identified by; Relative

As that of; KR

Date and time of Arrival of the body; 24/09/2025, 13;44Hrs

Date and time of postmortem;………………………..

Sex; ……. Height; ……… apparent age; …………………

State of body; well-nourished or otherwise;………………….

Existence or absence of marks not of recent origin such as scars, tribal marks etc;………………………

Findings;

Appearance;

General body attributes; Race, hair; scalp and face, tattoo, sex, clothes, etc

External Findings;

Postmortem changes, medical intervention, injuries on the body from the head to toes. Mention about
body openings; ear, nose, mouth, etc. Mention negative/absent relevant findings. Findings of upper and
lower limbs should be exhausted here.

Internal findings;

Neck and neck;

Findings on opening the scalp, skull, meninges and the brain and the skin of the neck, muscles,
cartilages, bones and neck structures. Mention negative/absent relevant findings.

Thorax;

Internal findings on opening the chest cavity; from under the skin, intercostal muscles, ribs, thoracic
vertebra, lungs, lung vessels, diaphragm, pericardiac sac, heart, the great vessels. Mention relevant
negatives.
Postmortem Report

Abdominopelvic;

Findings on opening the abdomen and pelvic cavities. Describe the soft tissue of the cavities; skin
muscles, bones; lumbar vertebrae and pelvis. Describe the stomach and its content. The liver, gall
bladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, adrenal glands, bowel, urinary bladder, prostate/uterus

Cause of death

Sample/specimen taken; and for what was it taken

Dr ……………

Title ………Medical officers

Dr……………….. if 2 or more doctors are involved in the postmorteum.

Signature……….. and date………….

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