A patient was brought dead to private hospital. that doctor had never treated him earlier. he cannot ascertain the cause of death with reasonable certainty. The column regarding the cause of death in the prescribed death certificate form has to be filled up by the last attending doctor.
So, technically, he can't sign the certificate. What should that doctor do in such a situation?
Answer : Since that doctor never treated the patient, he or she is not competent to give the cause of death certificate and so ,that doctor should not do so.
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