Irish Examiner view: Technology removes need for full autopsy

Irish post-mortem services have deteriorated greatly in recent years, partially due to the increasing need, recruiting issues, poor working conditions, and a simple lack of motivation within the system

A virtopsy procedure allows medics to pierce through skin, bones, and soft tissue to pick up on intrinsic details without the use of a scalpel.

The Irish Examiner has written editorials in recent days about how a rich country like ours still manages to fail certain sectors. This includes the education system failing to

resource schools to cater for students with special needs and, just last Saturday, the health system not taking proper
responsibility for our many nursing home residents.