Trend of medico-legal cases at a tertiary care teaching hospital of U.P.

Authors

  • Puneet Awasthi Government Medical College, Jalaun & GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Charak. Sangwan Government Medical College, Jalaun & GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Deependra Awasthi Government Medical College, Jalaun& GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Soni Verma Government Medical College, Jalaun& GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Rahul. Dev Government Medical College, Jalaun& GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Ram. Pratap Singh Government Medical College, Jalaun & GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/2fkf9d55

Keywords:

Medico legal cases, Emergency department, Casualty medical officer, Road traffic injuries, Forensic medicine expert.

Abstract

Background:Trend of medico legal cases is a fundamental part of the prevention of avoidable causalities in future and to study the crime rate in area. In present study an attempt is made to know the burden of medico legal cases. The aim of present study is to describe the profile, pattern and trend of medico-legal cases and identify errors in the medico-legal reports.

METHOD:This is a Retrospective, descriptive, non-interventional study, conducted in emergency department of Government Medical College and Hospital Jalaun during the period from 1st January 2023 to 31th December 2023. This is a tertiary care teachinghospital where patients are referred from most of private hospitals. Patients from district hospitals of the region are also admitted in this college.

Conclusions:In majority of places, duty of casualty medical officer is accomplished by MBBS doctor whois not expert in handling of medico legal cases. Therefore medico-legal work should be doneunder the direction of forensic medicine expert to avoid inaccuracy in giving the opinion. The presentstudy showed that male outnumbered female and maximum cases were of youngergeneration. Most common aetiology was of road traffic injuries. Such incidences can beprevented by giving awareness through proper education and training of safety standards byadministrators through road safety programs.

Author Biographies

  • Puneet Awasthi, Government Medical College, Jalaun & GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

    Associate Professor & Head Department of Forensic medicine Government medical college, Jalaun U.P.

  • Charak. Sangwan , Government Medical College, Jalaun & GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

    Associate professor Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Government Medical College, Jalaun & GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

  • Deependra Awasthi, Government Medical College, Jalaun& GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

    Junior resident  Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Government Medical College, Jalaun& GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

  • Soni Verma, Government Medical College, Jalaun& GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

    Associate professor Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Government Medical College, Jalaun & GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

  • Rahul. Dev, Government Medical College, Jalaun& GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

    Associate professor Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Government Medical College, Jalaun& GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

  • Ram. Pratap Singh , Government Medical College, Jalaun & GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

    Junior resident Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Government Medical College, Jalaun& GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Published

2024-10-09

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Trend of medico-legal cases at a tertiary care teaching hospital of U.P. (2024). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 18(4), 104-109. https://doi.org/10.37506/2fkf9d55