Digital Fingerprint for Pathology Services

The idea of the solution came after a Pathology Services official was part of the repatriation team that went to Nigeria to collect the mortal remains of those that died after the collapse of a church building in 2014. The challenge observed here was that families had to wait a long time to get closure on the identity of their loved ones. This is the same challenge that faces forensic pathology services where families wait a long time for DNA or fingerprint verification on bodies that cannot be identified using facial recognition. In addition to this, there was also a challenge of unidentified bodies that were piling up in mortuaries. The solution to deal with this challenge was a biometric solution that was the outcome of collaboration between CSIR and Bronkhorstspruit Pathology Services