by Mette Larsen 

 

For more than 30 years, Hans Petter Hougen has worked as a forensic pathologist in disaster areas around the world, and in his recently published book, ‘At work with death’ (Med døden på arbejde) he, among other things, describes his experiences after the tsunami in Thailand.

 

Hans Petter Hougen has for more than 30 years been sent to areas around the world to help document cases of death after massacre, terror, and natural disasters and through his work, he has witnessed human evil and disasters and especially a few events that have made a big impression on him.

 

After the tsunami disaster in 2004, Hans Petter Hougen was in Thailand working in a field hospital where a team of forensic technicians, dentists, and forensic scientists worked at their respective posts to identify victims who were individually transported on a stretcher from the about 50 freezer containers that stood outside the autopsy area. But it was not his job of analyzing organs that made the biggest impression on him but more so all the people behind the organs.

 

Full story: https://scandasia.com/danish-forensic-expert-describes-among-other-his-tsunami-experience-in-thailand/

 

..well done Sir.