1Associate Prof, Dept. Forensic Medicine, D.Y. Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
2Prof & Head, Dept. Forensic Medicine, Teerthankar Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, U.P.
Online published on 19 January, 2015.
Profiling of the medicolegal cases is important to know the quality and quantity of caseload to be expected by the medicolegal workforce serving the area. A retrospective study was conducted at Index Medical College Hospital and Research Center Indore M.P. covering the first five years of its establishment as a teaching hospital in the rural area of central India.
The study revealed that road traffic accidents (60.7%) constituted the majority of medicolegal cases out of the total 596 cases, followed by poisoning (14.3%) and assault (10.6%). Accidents were the major cause of injury; male preponderance was at 2.6:1, most affected age group was 21–30 years (36.2%). The peak time of incidence was during 1601–2000 hours (36.4%) and the maximum cases were recorded in the month of April (11.1%). Out of the 596 cases 408 (68.5%) were discharged and 12 (2%) died due to their injuries.
Medicolegal case, Profile, Injury, Indore
