Soon, post-mortem at Nair Hospital will no longer involve cutting open the deceased — it is set to become the 1st civic hospital in Maharashtra to start performing virtual autopsies.

After a delay of almost four years, the hospital will get the first virtual post-mortem centre, where hi-tech diagnostic CT scanners with 3D imaging will be used to scan a body to identify the minutest of fractures, blood clots and other injuries invisible to the naked eye. Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta has given his nod for the project, which will cost around Rs 20 crore.