1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
2Senior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
3Junior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
4Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
5Additional Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Niranjan Sahoo, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, E-mail: nira.cuttack@gmail.com Contact : +91-9438274384
Online published on 19 December, 2023.
Medico-legal cases (MLC) have showing a rising trend through out the world. Social conditions, geopolitical demographics and prevailing economic conditions have always been major factors determining their profile in any given society. The COVID-19 Pandemicbrought with it a special set of socio-economic changes affecting every aspect of our daily lives. As such, a retrospective study was carried to know the paradigm of shift, if any, in the pattern and profile of Medicolegal cases during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The study revealed that as compared to previous studies assault (44.64%) had superseded Road Traffic Accidents (37.5%,) with Poisoning (9.82%) continuing to be the third major cause. Male preponderance (70.53%) continued to persist. People with younger age group of 15-25 years (41.51%) were most prone to such causalities. The peak time of incidence was during 12pm-6pm (40.17%)
Medico-Legal Cases, Assault, Road Traffic Accidents, Poisoning
