*Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, BPS Govt. medical college for women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat (Haryana). E Mail: dryogendermalik@gmail.com
**Dept. of Onco-surgery, Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak
Online published on 27 November, 2013.
Apex court of our country has made saving life of patient in emergency supreme duty of doctor. However, medico-legal cases mandates exhaustive documentation mandatory after the treatment is over. Medico legal cases are handled in casualty by first Contact doctor. Contact doctor is generally a MBBS doctor and he seeks many expert opinions in a single report. So, the case then has to go to different departments for expert opinion. Present study was conducted in Bhagat Phool Singh Govt. Medical College for Women (BPS GMC), Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat from 1st September 2011 to 1st November 2012. In this study predominant sex was male and age group was 20–40 years. Bulk of the cases in the study was road side accidents and poisoning. In all the cases the contact doctors sought expert. Profiling helps in knowing the burden of medico-legal cases on different departments.
Casualty, Profile, Opinion, Medico-legal Cases
