DNA main hope for identity, but backlog overwhelms Nepal forensic labs
- Nepal's forensic laboratories are in a race against time 15 days after the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli flood, with thousands of DNA samples arriving at facilities accustomed to processing fewer than 900 tests in an entire year.
- As visual identification becomesdifficult because of decomposition and mutilation, DNA is now the main hope of putting names to 1,265 unidentified bodies and human remains.
- The latest count shows 2,678 DNA samples have been collected for identification - 1,286 from the dead and 1,412 from relatives.
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- Nepal's forensic laboratories are in a race against time 15 days after the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli flood, with thousands of DNA samples arriving at facilities accustomed to processing fewer than 900 tests in an entire year.
- As visual identification becomesdifficult because of decomposition and mutilation, DNA is now the main hope of putting names to 1,265 unidentified bodies and human remains.
- The latest count shows 2,678 DNA samples have been collected for identification - 1,286 from the dead and 1,412 from relatives.
Sources: Times of India