Births and deaths now registered in hospital to save queues and paper-trails
Monday, October 7, 2013 @ 11:16 AM
BIRTHS and deaths can now be registered in hospital by medical staff and emailed to the relevant authorities, saving hundreds of thousands of new parents from queuing in the Civil Registrar's office with a mountain of paperwork.
The latest in a series of 'austerity' measures – given that it will involve more efficient use of public resources – and steps to streamline administration procedures means medical staff treating new mothers will complete the necessary details for registration on a computerised form and send it with an official 'digital signature'.
They must certify that the child is 'beyond all reasonable doubt' that of the mother claiming to be, both in the case of stillborn infants and surviving ones.
Death certificates can also be processed in the same way.
Medics will be required to state whether or not there were signs of violence involved in the person's death, or any other issues that may temporarily prevent him or her from being buried or cremated.
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