Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 1

Profile of Medico-legal Cases in a Tertiary Care Centre at Greater Noida

  • Author:
  • Kaushal Kishore1, Barakha Gupta2,, Pankaj Bansal3, Ranjana Singh4, Pooja Rastogi5
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 167 to 172

1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, SMS& R, Sharda University, Greater Noida, U.P.

2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, SMS& R, Sharda University, Greater Noida, U.P.

3Senior Consultant, Max Hospital, Gr. Noida

4Professor, Department of Community Medicine, SIMS, Hapur, U.P.

5Professor and HOD, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, SMS& R, Sharda University, Greater Noida, U.P.

*Corresponding author: Dr. Barakha Gupta Associate Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, SMS& R, Sharda University, Greater Noida U.P., Email. ID: barkha_vp@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 2 January, 2017.

Abstract

Casualty department of every hospital play a main role in management of not only medical emergencies but also of the medico-legal cases. In casualty the first attending doctor was usually a simple medical graduate which later on seeks expert opinion from various other departments. Profiling of Medico-legal cases is very much needed as the medico-legal cases differ from region to region depending upon geographic orientation, socioeconomic status, available heath care facility etc.

This retrospective Study was carried out on total 591 medico-legal cases attending the casualty of Sharda hospital, a tertiary care hospital of Greater Noida UP from 1Sep. 2014 to 31Aug. 2015. The objectives of this study were to study demographic variables and pattern of medico-legal cases. Males (76.51%) outnumbered the females and maximum cases were of 21–30 years (32.10%) age group.

The majority of cases were from urban area (54%), April month showed maximum cases (11.3%) Road traffic accident was the commonest cause of injuries (48.7.50%). Blunt injuries constituted main fraction (82.6%) and fracture was present in (27.91%) of cases. Majority of cases showed injuries on more than one region of body (39.8%) and (53.46%) cases were admitted in different specialties. This study shows the workload of the medico-legal cases of a tertiary care hospital and urges availability of medico-legal experts and regular training of medical officers. This also provides valuable information to the policy makers to take effective measures.

Keywords

Medico-legal Case, Road Traffic Accidents, Fall From Height, Poisoning, Injuries