Post-mortem decision rests with cops, forensics, doctor tells Zara inquest
A doctor who pronounced Zara Qairina Mahathir dead said the decision to conduct a post-mortem on the Form 1 student rested with the investigating officer and the hospital’s forensic department.
Dr B Pavankumar, who is the fourth witness, told the coroner’s court in Kota Kinabalu that once a body was handed over to the investigating officer, the officer would typically consult the forensic team and the patient’s family on the next steps.
Pavankumar said this after lawyer Rizwandean M Borhan, representing Zara’s mother, asked him what happened after the teenager was pronounced dead, according to a report in Utusan Malaysia.
The doctor, who is with Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s neurosurgery department, denied allegations that he never explained to Zara’s mother, Noraidah…
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