Pathologists under enormous pressure
(World News South Africa)

Cape Town - A senior forensic pathologist is concerned about the case load of forensic pathologists at state mortuaries, fearing that it will compromise the quality of their work. Professor Johan Dempers, forensic pathologist and head of the division of forensic medicine and pathology at the Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Laboratory, has spoken about the backlog at state mortuaries and the work that pathologists do. `Both facilities in the metro (Tygerberg and Salt River) have an ever-increasing case load, and therefore a backlog. In the past we would see around 2 600 to 3 200 cases annually, and this figure slowly...