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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n

The Gauteng health department is working around the clock to reduce the 10 900 postmortem backlogs.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday provincial health spokesperson Kwara Kekana said 2 308 of the postmortem reports were at the forensic chemistry laboratory and the rest at the forensic pathology laboratories. Without giving a breakdown, Kekana said the backlog was as a result of an increase in the number of people dying of multiple gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n

Kekana said:<\/p>\n

She said on average a postmortem took between 60 minutes and 90 minutes to perform while reports could take between four and six weeks per case to be completed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is due to the fact that investigations take place in various divisions. The biochemistry tests for blood and toxicology are conducted at forensic chemistry laboratory whereas a postmortem is conducted at the forensic pathology laboratory. Different circumstances in these divisions determine the time it takes to complete a post-mortem report and also the nature of each case plays a part in the turnaround time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Kekana said for instance a single stab wound report may take shorter to complete than a multiple gunshot death case report.<\/p>\n

Kekana explained:<\/p>\n

City Press reported earlier that there was also a backlog in forensic tests when it comes to DNA tests in cases of violent crimes. This was flagged by a KwaZulu-Natal judge after a rape accused, who was freed pending a DNA analysis, went on to rape and murder a child.<\/p>\n

READ: Winning Women | Paving the way for the DNA database<\/b><\/p>\n

Last April it was reported that the backlog, caused in part by a dispute with a service provider, stood at more than 210 000 cases.<\/p>\n

READ: Four-year SAPS forensic evidence backlog on the brink of being resolved<\/b><\/p>\n

Judge Mohini Moodley, sitting in the Mtunzini Circuit Court, said the matter before her was a \u201cclear example\u201d of the tragic consequences of how the backlog affected victims of gender-based violence and the administration of justice.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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