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Study of medico-legal cases admitted at tertiary care hospital

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Author Details : Avinash H.Waghmode*, Pravir Bodkha, Ruchira R. Chavan

Volume : 5, Issue : 1, Year : 2020

Article Page : 1-4

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijfmts.2020.001

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Abstract

In every hospital, Casualty department deals with the emergency cases. These emergency cases also includes medicolegal cases like road traffic accidents, Poisoning, assaults are dealt in the casualty and detailed MLC report is made here after giving the proper primary treatment and life saving measures. The police is informed about MLC as early as possible. Important preventive measures like drawing public attention and awareness towards traumatic casualties can help in the prevention or management of unnatural (medicolegal cases). Considering the importance of above points, a one year retrospective study from 1st March 2018 to 31st March 2019 was conducted in the Casualty department of Tertiary Care Centre.

Keywords: Medicolegal cases, Tertiary Care, Road Traffic accidents, Poisoning, assaults, Suicidal, Homicidal, Accidental, Casualty.

How to cite : H.waghmode A, Bodkha P, Chavan R R, Study of medico-legal cases admitted at tertiary care hospital. IP Int J Forensic Med Toxicol Sci 2020;5(1):1-4

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