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Analysis of Medico-Legal Cases at Harsha Hospital Nelamangala, Bangalore Rural


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Drawing a public attention and awareness towards casualties is important to prevent unnatural deaths; this possibly could reduce the incidence of such cases. This is a retrospective study (3 years & 3 months) conducted to understand the magnitude & pattern of medico-legal cases in this region of the state. In this study revealed that road traffic accidents 929 (75.3%) constituted the majority of medico-legal cases out of 1510, followed by poisoning 149 (9.84%) and assault 74 (4.9%) respectively. Male predominance is quite evident. The affected age group is 21-30 years 664 (44%) followed by 31-40 years 335 (22.18%) and were more prone to such casualties.

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Assault, Fall from height, Medico- legal case, Poisoning, RTA
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Authors

N. Harish Kumar
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri Siddhartha Medical College & Hospital, Tumkur, India
P. Srinivasa Reddy
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri Siddhartha Medical College & Hospital, Tumkur, India

Abstract


Drawing a public attention and awareness towards casualties is important to prevent unnatural deaths; this possibly could reduce the incidence of such cases. This is a retrospective study (3 years & 3 months) conducted to understand the magnitude & pattern of medico-legal cases in this region of the state. In this study revealed that road traffic accidents 929 (75.3%) constituted the majority of medico-legal cases out of 1510, followed by poisoning 149 (9.84%) and assault 74 (4.9%) respectively. Male predominance is quite evident. The affected age group is 21-30 years 664 (44%) followed by 31-40 years 335 (22.18%) and were more prone to such casualties.

Keywords


Assault, Fall from height, Medico- legal case, Poisoning, RTA

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