Michael Tsokos ends the era on the Charité

Michael Tsokos ends the era on the Charité

The renowned forensic doctor Michael Tsokos, former head of the Berlin Charité, spoke in an interview about his decades of experience in forensic medicine. He emphasized the difference between forensic medicine and pathology and explained how he spontaneously came to forensic medicine due to a medical test. Tsokos also discussed the admission requirements for medical studies and criticized the focus on school grades. With regard to his decision to leave the Charité, Tsoko's political influences and a lack of apprenticeship in the Corona period gave as reasons.

tsokos was committed to the fact that forensic medicine focused more on and explained the importance of virtual autopsy in modern forensic medicine. With regard to mysterious deaths such as that of Whitney Houston and Kurt Cobain, Tsokos expressed themselves skeptically and doubted the official reports. He emphasized the importance of precise and thorough investigation in order to correctly determine the causes of death.

The interview also highlighted Tsokos' commitment in the fight against child abuse and his efforts to bring for legal medicine to a wider audience. He spoke about the importance of the corpse show and the challenges in investigating deaths. Tsokos emphasized the need for a reasonable training for doctors who carry out corpses and criticized the insufficient recognition of forensic medicine in society.