Patients & Families
Who to Contact
The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine provides services to the Coroners Court of Victoria (CCOV). If you require information about a person who has been admitted to VIFM, please contact the Coroners Court of Victoria in the first instance: Coroners Court of Victoria Enquiries (24 hour service): 1300 309 519 (toll free) or +61 3 [...]
Understanding the Coronial Process
Forensic Pathologists assist the coroner by providing information relating to reported deaths.
Counselling and Support
The Family and Community Support Service provides assistance to relatives and anyone else affected by the death and investigation of a loved one.
Family Health Information Program
VIDEO: Dr Paul Bedford and Natalie Morgan on VIFM’s Family Health Information Program. The pathology investigation into a death often uncovers a range of disease processes that the deceased person and their family may not have realised they suffered from. These disease processes may or may not have contributed directly to their death, but [...]
Tissue Donation
The Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria is Australia’s only tissue bank which screens donors, processes, stores, tests and distributes multiple types of tissue from the one facility.It is a public sector not-for-profit organisation.