Thursday 24 May 2012

What are the cases that should be regarded as medico legal?


The following cases must be labeled as medicolegal by the treating doctor and medicolegal report should be prepared for further legal investigation
All injury/hurt cases, circumstances of which suggest commission of offence by someone
All traffic vehicular, railways, aeroplane, ship, boat, factory, construction site or other unnatural accidents
Self–inflicted injuries/attempted suicide
Cases of criminal abortion
Accidents where there is likelihood of death or grievous hurt
All cases of suspected or evident poisoning
Suspected or evident homicide, suicide including attempted
All burn injuries, whatever the cause of burn
All suspected or evident sexual assaults
All suspected or evident criminal abortion
Unconscious cases where the cause is not natural or not clear
Cases referred by Courts for age estimation
Cases brought dead with improper medical history
Dead on arrival cases or patients who die shortly after being brought to the hospital before a definite diagnosis can be made
Patients dying suddenly after parenteral administration of a drug or medication
Patient falling down or any mishap in the Hospital, sustaining injury in the Hospital
Death on the operation table
Unexplained death after surgery or interventional procedure
Unexplained ICU death
Patient treated and then referred from a private hospital or other Government hospital with complications of surgery or delivery or bleeding, where the cause of death is unexplained.
Relatives of the patient assault the treating doctor or other staff of the hospital.
Any other case not falling under the above mentioned category but has legal implications like medical examination of arrested accused without consent of person.
In case of death of a medicolegal case, the treating doctor has to only handover the body to the concerned police officer with written recommendation for medicolegal (Forensic) autopsy in final death summary/discharge report and a receipt must be obtained for record.

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