The department's Assistant Director (Special Health Services) Dr Heston Kwong said there was a failure to comply with critical steps in staff guidelines at the mortuary, and measures have been taken ...

During the video conference of the autopsy, students were led step by step through the process. The goal was to use the information gathered during the autopsy to determine the cause of death.

The development and validation of core verbal autopsy forms and suitable coding and tabulation procedures are an essential first step to extending the benefits of this method.

After a year of work, a state task force has developed a new autopsy procedure intended to help uncover child deaths caused by abuse and neglect, the Illinois Department of Children and Family ...