Medico-Legal Update

  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 2

Profile of Medico-legal Cases Admitted in the Department of emergency F.H.M.C., tundla, Uttar Pradesh

  • Author:
  • Umar Bin Abdul Aziz1, Mohd Kaleem Khan2,, Tarun K Singh3, Mukesh K Goyal4
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 67 to 70

1Associate Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, FHMC, Tundla

2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, JNMC, AMU, Aligarh

3Tutor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, FHMC, Tundla

4Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, FHMC, Tundla

Abstract

Looking into the demographic profile of the medicolegal cases in an area lies in the fact that the strategies may be devised and steps could be taken by health care and law enforcement agencies to control or prevent such cases. considering the importance of profiling of medico legal cases, this retrospective study was undertaken to analyse the pattern and magnitude of the cases admitted in the casualty section of FHMc, Tundla which is situated on National Highway-2 over a period of three years starting from september 2014 to August 2017. The study showed that the road traffic accidents (61.13%) constituted the most number of medicolegal cases out of a total 247, followed by poisoning (23.08%) and burn (7.29%). Males (81.44%) were most affected and most of the victims were in the age group of 16–30 years (52.23%). Most of the cases reported in the casualty between 08: 00 am and 04: 00 pm and the summer months (39.27%) witnessed maximum number of cases.