Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2003
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 2

Suicide by self administration of an overdose of insulin in a diabetic: A case report

  • Author:
  • A Rudra, R Rautji, C Behera, P Kulshrestha, O P Murty
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 50 to 51

Dept of forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

We report the death of a middle-aged male diabetic after prolonged fasting and administration of Insulin. The deceased was an Insulin dependent Diabetic. Cause of death was established by autopsy and laboratory investigations. Suicide was established by circumstantial evidence and the presence of a suicide note.

Keywords

Suicide, Insulin, Type I Diabetes Mellitus