Hyderabad, May 11 -- In a first-of-its-kind event in India, autopsy surgeons took to the streets to fight preventable deaths. They spend their days examining the dead. On Sunday morning, May 10, they ran for the living.

In what is believed to be an unprecedented event in Indian medical history, forensic pathologists, autopsy surgeons, medico-legal experts and forensic medicine professors from across Telangana stepped out of mortuary halls and onto the streets of Necklace Road, Hyderabad, for a 5K health awareness marathon organised by the Telangana Academy of Forensic Medicine (TGAFM).

The event, held on the eve of National Forensic Medicine Day on May 12, drew nearly 300 participants, including doctors, postgraduate students, and famil...