Pattern of Medico-legal Cases in Rural Area of Faridabad, Haryana

The Government of India has stressed upon the importance of tertiary health care in rural areas. This study was undertaken to see the benefit of the same by studying the profile of Medico-legal Cases in Goldfield Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (GFIMSR) situated in the rural area of Distt. Faridabad, Haryana. The study also aimed at analyzing the data with regard to various criteria and to use the same for betterment of patient care in the emergency department.

The study was conducted in a retrospective manner and all the Medico-legal cases which came to the emergency department of the hospital between Jan 2009 to June 2012 were studied. The males were the dominant group (67.6%). The most of the victims were of the age group 21–30 years (45.1%). The poisoning cases had the highest incidence in relation to the cause of admission (36.9%). Assault cases constituted the dominant group in relation to manner of the cases (39.6%). Most of the patients (53.2%) reported in the hospital within one hour of sustaining the injury/other causes.