Rol del centro de investigación de ciencias forenses de machala en la resolución de problemas médicos - legales.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Worldwide, there are different institucional for the realization of forensic studies, in order to provide technical assistance in the Justice Administration service. The legal medical problems such as judicial processes, in the last decade, are in the increase, being forensic expert, indispensable in the administration of justice. OBJECTIVE: To explain the role of the Forensic Institute of Machala as a fundamental pillar in the resolution of medical-legal problems, through bibliographic research, for a better administration of Justice in Ecuador. METHODOLOGY: The review of information was performed in different databases such as: Scielo, Researchgate, Pub Med; Websites of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Nation and Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences Service of Ecuador. CONCLUSION: In the Forensic Science Research Center (CICF) of Machala has chemical and biological laboratories and rooms of Thanatology where autopsies, examinations are performed, which have allowed to support justice in the resolution of medical - legal problems; There is also a lack of pathology and DNA laboratories and an area to carry out medical-legal, psychiatric and psychological experiences.