Media coverage of UMID and national data on missing persons.
The first-ever identification portal and DNA database of unidentified dead bodies has been developed by AIIMS to address social and public interests. Read more.
Identification of unclaimed dead bodies will be easy through DNA profiling database – लावारिस शवों की पहचान होगी आसान, बन रहा डीएनए प्रोफाइलिंग डाटाबेस (jagran.com)Delhi’s AIIMS Hospital has launched a pilot project to create a DNA database of unidentified and unclaimed bodies. A database of more than 445 unidentified/missing persons has been prepared so far. Read more here.
AIIMS, in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has started a pilot project called UMID (unidentified bodies and missing persons’ identification and DNA database). With the help of the database, two cases have been successfully identified. According to Dr. Behera of Forensic Department of AIIMS, the project will help identify many people and give closure to the families of persons who remain unidentified or unclaimed. You can read more about it here.
Nearly 40,000 bodies go unclaimed or unidentified every year in India, leaving their loved ones in the dark. India’s first DNA database UMID is helping to solve these missing persons’ mysteries. How? Read more about it here.
In order to identify unclaimed bodies being brought into the mortuary at AIIMS, India’s first DNA database and Identification Portal has been developed, so anyone can identify them without having to visit the mortuary. Read here.
Identification of unclaimed dead bodies will be possible from the portal of AIIMS – एम्स के पोर्टल से हो सकेगी लावारिस शवों की पहचान (livehindustan.com)A total of 3,23,170 persons (1,00,748 male, 2,22,395 female and 27 transgender) were reported missing in 2020. The number of persons reported missing has decreased by 15.0% in 2020 from 3,80,129 persons missing during 2019. Read more here.
Finding the missing link: AIIMS portal traces unidentified bodies, lost persons using DNA data.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/finding-the-missing-link-aiims-portal-traces-unidentified-bodies-lost-persons-using-dna-data-10325370/