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A Research Study on Medicolegal Autopsies Conducted at Mortuary of Government Medical College, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh From 1St January To 31St December 2020 Venati Jayashankar; Chaitanya. R2; G.B. Raja Kumar
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i3.15366

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Aim: To do a research study on Medicolegal Autopsies conducted at Government Medical College Mortuary,Ongole, Andhra Pradesh from 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020. Materials & Methodology: Thisstudy was conducted at Government Medical College, Ongole from 1st January to 31st December 2020.A total of 534 medicolegal cases were brought to mortuary for the sake of medicolegal autopsy duringthe study period. Result: In the research study, it is evident from the statistics that maximum numberof medicolegal autopsies were conducted in the decreasing order in the following deaths - Road TrafficAccidents < Poisoning < Hanging < Homicidal Deaths < Deaths due to hit by Train < Drowning < Burns< Fall from Height < Snake Bite. Medicolegal autopsies were done more in males compared to females inalmost all types of deaths. Likewise maximum number of autopsies were conducted in the active age groupof 18 to 36 years