First Week of Study

... was filled with dead bodies. Some decomposed, charred, mutilated, punctured, stabbed, disfigured, slashed... what else? Oh! You name it, (i think) they have it lols. Others were still in good shape.

I started the first week of my current academic year studying about medical forensics (forensic posting). My friend over at USM does not study this subject, and was a little surprised that i have this posting.

From my point of view, medical forensic is about finding the cause, mode/mechanism and manner of death of a person. If there is something fishy about the case, such as homicide or murder, then it'll be reported and brought to court.

I find this posting very interesting, having to solve the mystery of how a person died. Also, the manner in which he/she died. Suicide? Homicide? Murder? Accident? Unexplainable? We had two invited forensic pathologists to lecture us. Dr Aznool from Johor Baru and Dr Siew from Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Both of them gave interesting lectures, especially Dr Siew, who shared with us some of his experiences in his career. Some lectures were long, but i did not feel bored (except for toxicology, probably due to hunger and the title itself...), though i felt hungry. Speaking of hunger, there was this photo of a kid, toddler i think, who was er... disected (was wondering if i should use "skinned" instead) to look for any signs of trauma beneath the skin (if i remembered correctly). Well, the sight of it... was, to me, like that of a piece of meat hanging at a meat market. Seriously looked the SAME. Don't get me wrong, just a thought...

At times, it's interesting how some people die. For example, a police officer fired a warning shot, the bullet then hit a stone sculpture, ricocheted off it, and striked a student and killed him. Public made a hoo-haa that the police shot directly at him. Then, there's the job of hitting some sense into them.

This posting seriously sparked an interest in me like no other previous postings had. However, when i thought about the job that i would end up in... i'm having second thoughts. Do i really want to end up in the some court room arguing (only those arguments without sense) with the lawyers who would twist and turn and twist and turn and twist again to try to trap you and save their clients? Would threats slap me in the face when it is a high profile case? But then again... you get to solve the mystery of a death, help the deceased fight for justice, and it would be a great thing to make a lawyer run out of options to fire you with in the courtroom...