It will be a workshop where doctors would be taught (or guided) how to issue a death certificate.

About 130 odd doctors from government and private hospitals of Kolhan will assemble in Jamshedpur for two days — July 25 and 26 — to attend a workshop that would focus on the art of writing a death certificate.

The workshop is being organised by the district economics and statistical department.

District statistics officer Ashwini Kumar Mandal said in most cases the exact cause of death was not mentioned in the certificates. “Due to this, proper statistics of death and its cause is not recorded. The government wants that exact cause to be mentioned so that it can initiate necessary steps to check diseases causing maximum deaths,” said Mandal.

“It should identify the person, mention the father’s name with proper address, age, date and time of admitting the patient, place of his death etc. The second part of should clearly specify the exact cause of death,” he said.

He went on to say that for all unnatural deaths caused due to burns, accidents, hunger, drowning, poisoning, suicide, homicide and even death in operation theatre, a death certificate is not issued as the matter is referred to police and it requires a post-mortem.

Athar Harim, a spokesperson of Brahmananda Narayana Hrudayalaya, a super speciality hospital at Tomolia welcomed the state government's initiative of holding a workshop on this issue.

“ It is a welcome gesture. The workshop will benefit the medicos. We have been following the format provided to us by the district health department for issuing death certificates,” he said.

Sources in health department revealed that two trainers have been appointed by the district civil surgeon's office who would provide important tips to doctors on issuing a death certificate.