Coroner's practice in Singapore.
The coroner investigates into sudden, unnatural and violent deaths and cases in which the manner the person came by his death is unknown. In Singapore the coroner is a magistrate and he has all the powers conferred on a magistrate court. Yearly there are about 2,500 cases reported to the coroner and about 74% of these are subjected to postmortem examination. Death by unnatural causes formed about 55% of the postmortem cases. The Forensic Pathologist cooperates closely with the coroner and police in medico-legal investigations into these deaths.
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