The Editor, Sir:

For years I have heard human rights groups complaining about the forensic facilities in Jamaica, the conditions at the Spanish Town morgue and the quality of post-mortem examinations in the cases in which they are involved. The three reviews of the post mortem done by the Government pathologist in the Bob Woolmer case are critical of the original post mortem, and say that Mr. Woolmer died of natural causes, not strangulation.

This again raises serious questions about the quality of the post mortems being done by the Government forensic pathologists. Luckily, the error was discovered because of the reviews done by the three other pathologists. But didn't the Government know about the problems with the post mortems being done? If not, why not, given the fact that complaints have been made for many years? If they did know, what steps have they taken to correct the problems over the years? And since this case demonstrates that serious problems still exist, what actions will the Government take immediately to correct them? With no review of post mortems being done every day, many errors may be going undetected.

I am, etc.,

J. Webster

JUWebster@gmail.com,

Kingston 10

Via Go-Jamaica