Forensic Pathology and Legal Issues in COVID-19: Case Report and Literature Review.

Autopsy investigations of deaths following nosocomial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection have enormous medical and social significance, as autopsies are essential for the correct statistical recording of COVID-19 deaths, presenting new lessons, which is important to policymakers and in the improvement of public health in general.  Our study is based on the presentation of a case of a road traffic accident involving an elderly 73-year-old female with a complication of nosocomial COVID-19 infection and death leading to forensic pathological investigation. This involved autopsy, histopathological examinations, and other tests, and highlighting the importance of medicolegal matters, including the legal and ethical practicalities encountered in healthcare.