Profile of Medico legal Autopsies Conducted at Tertiary Medico-legal Centre in Northern India

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY Pub Date : 2021-12-25 DOI:10.18099/IJETV.V7I01.4

Gurmanjit Rai Mann, Rajender Kumar Saini, Nitika Saini

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The present study is a retrospective study of medico-legal autopsies conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology MMIMSR Mullana, Ambala, India, from Jan 2016 to December 2020. During this period, 793 cases of medico-legal autopsies were done in the mortuary of MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala. The majority of victims were male 670 (84.48 %) cases and female 123 (15.52%) cases. A maximum number of post mortem done in the age group 20-40 years was 385(48.56 %) cases and minimum in age group 0-10 year were 18 (02.26%) cases. In our study, 601 (75.78%) were married, 169 (21.31%) unmarried, and unknown 23 (02.99%) cases. Hindus were 660 (83.22%), Muslim 50(06.30%), and Sikh 83 (10.48%) cases. The total number of deaths from rural areas was 406(51.20%) cases, which is slightly higher than urban area 387 (48.80%) cases. Manners of death due to natural causes were 38 (04.97%) cases and unnatural 755 (95.20%) cases. In unnatural, (accidents 551 (69.44%), Suicides 186 (23.44%) and homicides 18 (02.24%) cases). A maximum number of death due to Head injury were 235 (29.64%), shock and hemorrhage 188 (23.70%), poisoning 124 (15.64%), others-skeleton and visceral injuries 81 (10.22%), hanging 44 (05.54%), heart attack 38(04.78%), Drowning 23(02.90%), Electrocution 14 (01.76%), strangulation 13(01.64%), burns 11(1.38%), alcoholic 10(01.26%), septicemia 10(01.26%) and snake bite 2(00.26%)cases. A maximum number of deaths occurring between 0-6 hrs of injury was 395(49.82%) cases, and a minimum number of deaths in 24-48 hrs of injury was 22(02.77%) cases.

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在印度北部第三医学法律中心进行的法医尸检概况

本研究是对2016年1月至2020年12月在印度安巴拉Mullana的法医和毒理学MMIMSR部门进行的法医尸检进行的回顾性研究。在此期间，在Ambala Mullana的MMIMSR太平间进行了793例法医尸检。其中男性670例(84.48%)，女性123例(15.52%)。20 ~ 40岁年龄组尸检最多385例(48.56%)，0 ~ 10岁年龄组尸检最少18例(02.26%)。本研究中已婚601例(75.78%)，未婚169例(21.31%)，未知23例(02.99%)。印度教徒660例(83.22%)，穆斯林50例(06.30%)，锡克教83例(10.48%)。农村死亡总人数为406例(51.20%)，略高于城市387例(48.80%)。在非自然事件中，事故551起(69.44%)，自杀186起(23.44%)，杀人18起(02.24%)。其中，头部损伤死亡235例(29.64%)，休克出血死亡188例(23.70%)，中毒死亡124例(15.64%)，其他骨骼及内脏损伤死亡81例(10.22%)，上吊死亡44例(05.54%)，心脏病发作死亡38例(04.78%)，溺水死亡23例(02.90%)，电刑死亡14例(01.76%)，勒死死亡13例(01.64%)，烧伤死亡11例(1.38%)，酒精中毒死亡10例(01.26%)，败血症死亡10例(01.26%)，蛇咬死亡2例(00.26%)。受伤后0-6小时的死亡人数最多为395例(49.82%)，受伤后24-48小时的死亡人数最少为22例(02.77%)。

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