Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa
*Corresponding author : Dr Chetan L Karekar, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Goa Medical College, Goa, India-403202 Email: drchetankarekar@gmail.com
Online Published on 17 September, 2022.
Poisoning is said to have occurred if any substance interferes with the normal body functioning after being inhaled, swallowed, injected or absorbed on an acute or chronic basis.
To determine and analyse the various parameters of poisoning such as age groups, sex, manner of death and type of poisons in the state of Goa.
This is a 4-yearretrospective study in a tertiary care hospital in the state of Goa brought for postmortem examination at the Department of Forensic Medicine, GMC, as a result of death due to poisoning. Suspected cases of poisoning with either a clinical diagnosis or positive chemical analysis reports were included in the study.
Out of 6110 autopsies conducted during the study period, 307(5.02%) cases were confirmed cases of poisoning, out of which 63.52% were males, and 36.48% were females. The majority of deaths were suicidal, as per Police reports, and organophosphorus compounds were commonly used.
The data reflect the burden of poisoning deaths in the regions and calls for appropriate region-specific preventive measures to be adopted.
Deaths, Poisoning, Organophosphate, Victims, Mortality
