In this way, work is being done on the growth of the entire infrastructure of this important institution in the District, which allows strengthening forensic investigation and investigation of all types of crimes.
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“There are difficult situations in Legal Medicine because there are not enough teams, this forced her to transfer bodies to other cities, but that situation ended with this new mobile unit, and with the extension of a new shift of doctors that allows us to have all the attention in Barrancabermeja”, highlighted the District Mayor, Alfonso Eljach Manrique.
What services does this unit provide?
Jorge Humberto Rueda Soler, northeastern regional director of the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, explained that “it is a team designed to perform medical-legal necropsies where we do not have space to dispose of corpses; It has special filters, retainers, an air conditioner, an internet connection system and the facilities for the work of experts in their forensic work, with this there will be no need to transfer bodies to other cities”.
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Infrastructure Expansion
In the same way, the District Mayor’s Office manages resources to expand services. “We want to increase the capacity of attention in the Legal Medicine facilities in Barrancabermeja, these are painful moments for anyone and we want to have a more comfortable infrastructure with a waiting room and greater capacity for the professionals who work in this institution”, assured the secretary of the interior, Luis Manuel Toro Hernandez.