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Six Months After Death Post-Tonsillectomy, Family Awaits Autopsy Report
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Six Months After Death Post-Tonsillectomy, Family Awaits Autopsy Report

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Six months after Marko Mikic died following a tonsillectomy, his family has not received an autopsy report.
  • The investigation is ongoing, with the case sent for expert examination to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Belgrade.
  • The family's lawyer stated that the delay is due to a lack of resources for the investigation, potentially involving the higher public prosecutor's office.

Six months after Marko Mikic, 38, died following a tonsillectomy at a hospital in ฤŒaฤak, his family still awaits an autopsy report. The investigation into his death is ongoing and has been sent for expert examination to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Belgrade, according to the family's lawyer, Milica Filipoviฤ‡.

In essence, the only investigative action taken is that the prosecutor sent the case for expert examination to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Belgrade, so for now we are standing still.

โ€” Milica Filipoviฤ‡The family's lawyer explaining the slow progress of the investigation.

Filipoviฤ‡ explained that the primary investigative action taken so far is the referral of the case for expert analysis. The case is likely under the jurisdiction of the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in ฤŒaฤak, but the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office has taken over. Filipoviฤ‡ suggested this might be due to the Basic Prosecutor's Office lacking the resources for the investigation, particularly for the expert examination.

The Mikiฤ‡ family has not received an autopsy report from February 12 of this year until now.

โ€” Milica Filipoviฤ‡Highlighting the significant delay in obtaining crucial medical findings.

The Higher Public Prosecutor is currently leading the investigation, with possibilities for the case to be returned to the Basic Prosecutor's Office or forwarded to a special anti-corruption unit. Filipoviฤ‡ has requested access to the case file and is awaiting the completion of the expert examination and the subsequent autopsy report.

Someone is holding a hand over this case and that time is being bought.

โ€” Slavoljub Mikiฤ‡The father of the deceased expressing his belief that the investigation is being intentionally stalled.

Marko's father, Slavoljub Mikic, expressed frustration, believing the case is being deliberately delayed. He questioned why the investigation is not progressing, given that internal and external reviews reportedly identified procedural and professional errors. Two children, a four-year-old girl and Mikic, died after tonsillectomies at the same ฤŒaฤak hospital in February.

Six months we have been dealing with something that is absolutely clear. If the external and internal review gave their assessment and said there were procedural and professional errors, I don't understand why it's not being processed.

โ€” Slavoljub Mikiฤ‡Questioning the lack of progress despite alleged findings of errors.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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