Tsunami on 26th December 2004 which affected the entire costal belt of Sri Lanka caused
over 30,000 deaths and about 8000 disappearances. The Forensic Unit of the Karapitiya
Teaching Hospital alone handled over 1100 deaths, of which about 450 unidentified bodies
were dispatched for mass burial, after recording external appearances and all other
important personal data, which helped us to establish identity of another 120 victims within
next 6weeks. The visiting forensic team from Colombo, arrived on 27th, assisted us in …