Dr Gopal Kumar Chaudhary: Living with corpses to break the stigma related to forensic science

To cut open a dead body is no easy task. Maybe that is why many doctors do not get into autopsy. The pay is low; there is not enough recognition and there are hardly any growth opportunities. On top of that, it is haunting, it is dirty, it is dangerous and most importantly, it is complicated.

Despite that, people like Dr Gopal Kumar Chaudhary, who know the importance of the profession have been persisting as they want to break the stigma in hope that more people get into autopsy and strengthen this field of forensic medicine .