As per provisions of Registration of Births & Deaths Act 1969, registration of birth & death is compulsory and should be done within 21 days. Earlier the medico-legal services was restricted only for postmortem examination as per the common belief of the society. Now a days the medico-legal issues are not only restricted in finding the cause of death but has widened the prospective in all the cases where law and medicine merges. This has provided the basis for evolution of clinical forensic medicine.
With the establishment of the Clinical forensic medicine unit at majority of tertiary levelers, the medico-legal cases are dealt first hand in the casualty/emergency department without any delay. As such a delay can result in loss of valuable evidences. Among the various types of medico-legal cases, brought dead cases are one of the most frequently encountered in the department of emergency. This retrospective study deals with the cases brought dead over a period of last two year. The present study was carried out to understand the various epidemiological aspects, pattern and other medico-legal issues regarding the brought dead cases.
It was observed in this study that, out of the total 170 cases, 22.94 % cases were female and 77.06 % cases were male. Maximum 40 cases were in the age group of 21-30 years. 38.82 % were of death due to natural diseases or pathology while in 104 cases 61.18 % deaths were due to some unnatural cause.
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2022: 6.012
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