Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Raichur
*Corresponding author: Devaraj patil, Sunkeshwar Post, Via- Kurdi, Manvi-Tq, Raichur Dt, Karnataka. E-mail: devarajpatil123@yahoo.com Contact: +919448179719
Online published on 19 August, 2014.
Poisoning is one of the causes for morbidity and mortality in developing countries and methods of poisoning varies from one place to other. Hence to know the pattern of poisoning, a retrospective study of 150 cases was done at a Navodaya Medical college Hospital, Raichur (Karnataka) between Jan-June 2013. During this period 150 cases of poisoning cases were studied. These poisoning cases were studied to know the age and sex distribution of the victims, commonest type of poisons used and manner of poisoning. In this study, majority 106 (71%) of the cases were due to organophosphorus compound, followed by snake bite 14 (9%), aluminium phosphide 11 (8%) and others respectively.
Poisoning, Unnatural Death, Organophosporous Compound, Snake Bite, Aluminium Phosphide
