The more people learn about forensic medicine, the more they realise how necessary it is in a wide range of cases, notes the President of the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine, Grigoris Leon.
Mr Leon, who is running for a second term as President of the Society, points out that more than half of Greece’s prefectures have no forensic pathologist, and stresses the need to inform the public about medical errors.
Finally, he believes that forensic medicine in our country will evolve, and that this will be even more significant once the state realises that it must support this science. He adds that with common rules that are established and observed, both the right practitioner and the right forensic pathologist will benefit — but above all the citizens who turn to them.
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