Retrospective study of alleged rape victims attended at Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh

Abstract Background: Pediatric poisoning is a common medical emergency and also associated with a high morbidity and mortality in children. In developing countries like India, poisoning emergencies are becoming a major cause of mortality in infants and toddlers. Among the various studies conducted on poisoning in our country, the study on poisoning is predominantly on adults and hence this study is taken up to understand the incidence of childhood poisoning cases. Method: A ten year retrospective study from January 1999 to December 2008 was conducted at the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, to comprehend the magnitude of childhood poisoning cases at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. Results: Insecticide poisoning was the most predominant poisoning followed by venomous bites. Conclusion: Our study examines the most common poison involved and route of intake among children to identify specific ages at risk and give suggestions so as to reduce the morbidity and mortality.

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Forensic Medicine: Bangladesh Perspective

Journal of Dhaka Medical College ◽

10.3329/jdmc.v19i1.6255 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 61-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

KGM Rahman ◽

MK Osman ◽

S Mahmud

Keyword(s):

Forensic Medicine ◽

Legal Service ◽

District Health ◽

Health Administrator ◽

Medicine Department ◽

Police Station ◽

Medical College ◽

System A ◽

District Hospitals ◽

The Government

In this paper the remnants of British medical jurisprudence, the medico legal service of Bangladesh were discussed to improve the current medico legal practice and to propose future plan. In Bangladesh, all unnatural deaths are to be reported at the nearest police station and an appointed police officer should visit the scene of occurrence for investigation and to arrange postmortem if required. The forensic services of the country are delivered partly by academic staffs of government medical colleges' forensic medicine department and rest by the civil surgeons - the district health administrator. The civil surgeons perform postmortem by the doctors under him in district hospitals, most of them have no forensic qualifications. Currently academic and professional postgraduate courses are available. The chemical examiner's laboratory is situated at Dhaka with the facility of quantitative tests only. The Government of Bangladesh is trying to standardize the existing system. A workshop on medico legal service was organized recently at Dhaka by the Medico Legal Society of Bangladesh. A DNA profiling laboratory was established at Dhaka Medical College Forensic Medicine Department. Such progress is a milestone in the development of medico legal service in Bangladesh. However, with a few exceptions teaching and training facilities are still lacking. Key words: Forensic; Bangladesh Perspective. DOI: 10.3329/jdmc.v19i1.6255 J Dhaka Med. Coll. 2010; 19(1) : 61-64.

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Mortuary Profile for Unnatural Deaths at Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College

Bangladesh Medical Journal ◽

10.3329/bmj.v38i2.3572 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 44-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mostaque Rahim ◽

TC Das

Keyword(s):

Medical Journal ◽

Key Words ◽

Forensic Medicine ◽

Age Group ◽

Law And Order ◽

Frequency Pattern ◽

Medicine Department ◽

Medical College ◽

Unnatural Death ◽

Different Types

Death is unnatural when caused permaturely against the order of nature by injury, position or other means of violence. Data on unnatural deaths may reflect the law and order situation in a particular area of jurisdiction. This study is concerned with pattern of unnatural deaths in Dhaka Medical College mortuary during 1996. We found 1725 (97%) cases of unnatural deaths by analyzing 1772 cases of deaths. Data gives 18.37% increment in unnatural deaths 77.28% was males and 22.71% females. The frequency pattern of unnatural deaths were 68.92% RTAs, 11.69% homicide, 08.00% suicide and 2.80 natural. Burn, electrocution and others comprise the rest 11.565 unnatural deaths. Males suffer 3.4X more unnatural deaths than females. But RTAs males were 5.31X, in homicide 11.40X, in suicide 1.70X respectively than females. In hanging, female were predominant (1.72X of male deaths). 21-40 years is the age group showing peak frequencies on different types of unnatural deaths though hanging showed peak on 11-20 years. Besides, 95.47% of the unnatural deaths were the Muslims, 4.25% were Hindu and .14% was Christians. Firearms were used in 29.40% cases, blunt weapon in 38.46% cases and sharp cutting weapon in 31.60% cases of homicides respectively. Key words: Unnatural Death, RTA, Homicide DOI: 10.3329/bmj.v38i2.3572 Bangladesh Medical Journal 38(2) 2009 44-47

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Violent Asphyxial Death: A Study in Dinajpur Medical College, Dinajpur

Journal of Enam Medical College ◽

10.3329/jemc.v3i2.16131 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 91-93

Author(s):

Md. Mizanur Rahman ◽

Md. Rezaul Haque ◽

Polash Kumar Bose

Keyword(s):

Retrospective Study ◽

Forensic Medicine ◽

Medical College ◽

Petechial Haemorrhage

Background: The word asphyxia is now commonly used to describe a range of conditions for which the lack of oxygen whether it is partial (hypoxia) or complete (anoxia) is considered to be the cause. The cardinal signs of asphyxia are cyanosis, congestion and petechial haemorrhage. Objective: To investigate the causes and manner of asphyxial death. Materials and Methods: It was a retrospective study conducted in the department of Forensic Medicine, Dinajpur Medical College, Dinajpur during July 2004 to June 2006. A total of 96 cases were examined and recorded. These cases were brought to the morgue of Dinajpur Medical College from 13 different police stations and 1 railway GRP station of Dinajpur district. The data were collected from the autopsy reports (preserved third copy) with permission of the concerned autopsy surgeons. Results: 88.55% of asphyxia deaths were due to hanging, 6.25% due to strangulation and 5.20% were due to suffocation. Conclusion: Most of the asphyxial deaths are due to hanging. Journal of Enam Medical College; Vol 3 No 2 July 2013; Page 91-93 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v3i2.16131

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LIGATURE MARK ON THE NECK

The Professional Medical Journal ◽

10.29309/tpmj/2015.22.06.1252 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (06) ◽

pp. 798-803

Author(s):

Mariam Arif

Keyword(s):

Retrospective Study ◽

Study Design ◽

Forensic Medicine ◽

Soft Tissues ◽

Thyroid Cartilage ◽

Age Group ◽

Manner Of Death ◽

Female Ratio ◽

Medical College ◽

Male Female Ratio

Introduction: There are three types of compression of neck which are of primeforensic importance – (1) Manual strangulation (2) Hanging (3) Ligature strangulation. Ligaturemark is found in the latter two types.1 Ligature mark is a pressure mark on the neck underneaththe ligature. Initially it appears as a pale groove which on drying becomes yellowish brownparchment like.2,5 Objective: The aim is to study the information provided by a ligature markin ligature asphyxial deaths. Methodology: Study Design: A retrospective study on ligatureasphyxial deaths. Setting: Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Departments of King EdwardMedical University, Lahore and Nishtar Medical College, Multan. Period: January, 2012 toDecember, 2013. Results: The incidence of violent ligature asphyxial deaths was 4.21% of thetotal medicolegal deaths autopsied. Age group 21 to 30 years accounted for the maximumcases (37.6%). Male: female ratio was 1.02. Nylon rope (44.7%) was the most common ligaturematerial used. Ligature mark was single in all cases and was situated above thyroid cartilage in82.92% cases of hanging. In ligature strangulation deaths, mark was one in number in 93.18%cases and was below thyroid cartilage in 97.72% cases. The manner of death in hangingwas mostly suicidal (90.24%) as compared to homicidal in all cases of ligature strangulation.Ligature mark was incompletely encircling the neck in 85.36% cases and obliquely present in100% cases of hanging. In all deaths due to ligature strangulation, it was completely encirclingand transversely present around the neck. Underlying soft tissues of neck were glisteningwhite in all hanging deaths while it showed extravasations of blood in all ligature strangulationcases. Conclusions: A meticulous examination of the ligature mark during autopsy, though notconclusive, can give valuable information that can be very helpful in diagnosing deaths due tohanging and ligature strangulation.

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Study of Accidental Death Due to Road Traffic Accidental Cases Recorded at Forensic Medicine Department of Dinajpur Medical College, Dinajpur

Bangladesh Journal of Medicine ◽

10.3329/bjmed.v23i2.14983 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 50-51

Author(s):

Kazi Golam Moakhlesur Rahman ◽

Md. Mizanur Rahman ◽

Md. Rezaul Haque

Keyword(s):

Forensic Medicine ◽

Road Traffic ◽

Accidental Death ◽

Medicine Department ◽

Medical College

Bangladesh Journal of Medicine, Vol 23 No 2, 2012, Page 50-51 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmed.v23i2.14983

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A STUDY OF THE UNNATURAL DEATHS COMING TO THE MORTUARY OF SILCHAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL FOR POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.

10.36106/ijsr/3625032 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 47-48

Author(s):

Y N Singha ◽

Arpan Mazumder ◽

unajit Das

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Retrospective Study ◽

Forensic Medicine ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Post Mortem ◽

Post Mortem Examination ◽

Medical College ◽

Cause Of Deaths

With the increase civilization the number of unnatural deaths are also increasing. The death due to vehicular accident is more in developing countries than in developed countries. The prevailing system of dowry remains one of the major cause of deaths due to burn or by other means st (Dowry death). This retrospective study was conducted in the department of forensic medicine, Silchar during the period from 1 September 2019 st to 31 August 2020. During this period a total number of 710 autopsies were carried out, out of which 649 cases were death due to unnatural causes.

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Incidence of Death Due to Road Traffic Accidents over an eight year period at the Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College

Journal of Medical Science & Research ◽

10.47648/jmsr.2014.v2201.04 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (Number 1) ◽

pp. 23-30

Author(s):

Md. H Kabir ◽

A Mazid ◽

Z K Ahmed ◽

Md. N Hossain ◽

K Nahar

Keyword(s):

Metropolitan Area ◽

Forensic Medicine ◽

Traffic Accidents ◽

Road Traffic ◽

Social Groups ◽

Road Traffic Accidents ◽

Medicine Department ◽

Medical College ◽

The Future

This study was conducted at the Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College covering an eight year period from 1st Jan 2002 to 31st Dec 2009. The objective of the study was to find out the number of deaths due to Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) over an eight year period. The autopsy reports of the year 2002 to 2009 were analyzed and the deaths due to road traffic accidents were counted and tabulated year wise. The study revealed that the number of deaths due to RTA were 1129 in 2002, 1056 in 2003, 952 in 2004, 945 in 2005, 1064 in 2006, 1083 in 2007, 813 in 2008 and 652 in 2009. The total number of autopsy reports from 2002 to 2009 was 23373 out of which the number of deaths due to RTA was 7496 (32.92%). Analysis of the above data showed a declining trend in the number of autopsies on cases of death due to RTA which were brought to the mortuary of the Forensic Medicine Department from Police Stations situated within the metropolitan area of Northern Dhaka during the study period of 2002 to 2009 with minor exception in 2006 and 2007. It is the observation of this study that this decline is significant and points towards certain measures and campaigns taken by the concerned authorities and social groups on mad safety. The objective of this study was to highlight the various reasons for this improvement and suggest further areas of possible improvement whereby the situation could improve significantly in the future.

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Study on Unnatural Death Patterns in Dhaka City

Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Journal ◽

10.3329/akmmcj.v2i2.8167 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 18-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Md Belayet Hossain Khan ◽

Md Mosharraf Hossain

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Retrospective Study ◽

Key Words ◽

Forensic Medicine ◽

Dhaka City ◽

Medical College ◽

Unnatural Death

Unnatural deaths are the deaths which are caused by any means other than any disease1. Unnatural death is an indicator of social and mental health. This retrospective study was done to ascertain the pattern of unnatural deaths, whose autopsies were performed by Forensic medicine dept. of Dhaka Medical College from 1st Jan, 1996 to 31st Dec, 2000. A total 10436 death recorded were analysed to see their age, sex etc. The study revealed that total number of unnatural deaths were 9413, out of them males were higher than females ( M- 75.78% & F- 24.22%). Results showed that Accidental deaths were 77.22%, Homicidal deaths were 14.02% and Suicidal deaths were 10.76%. Accidental & Homicidal deaths were more common in male, whereas suicidal deaths were more common in female. This study suggest an extensive studies to formulate strategies to prevent those unnatural death to improve the situation. Key Words: Unnatural Death Patterns; Suicidal; Accidental DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/akmmcj.v2i2.8167 AKMMC J 2011; 2(2): 18-20

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Comparison of pattern of death during Pre-lockdown period and COVID 19 lockdown period in Central Kerala – An Autopsy Study

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3126/ajms.v12i7.36436 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (7) ◽

pp. 17-21

Author(s):

Shilpa S Babu ◽

Renju Raveendran ◽

Anwar KA

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Retrospective Study ◽

Forensic Medicine ◽

Study Data ◽

Government Medical College ◽

Autopsy Study ◽

Manner Of Death ◽

Medical College ◽

Travel Restrictions ◽

Near Future

Background: The coronavirus pandemic is one of the deadliest pandemic in history. The authorities worldwide responded to this pandemic by implementing business closures, travel restrictions, lockdowns and quarantines. Aims and Objectives: To determine the type of cases and compare the patterns of deaths which came for autopsy to Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Kottayam during the Pre lockdown period in 2019 and COVID-19 Lockdown Period in 2020. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam. The study data was collected from postmortem reports of Department of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam. Pre-lockdown period was taken as from 21 March to 31 May 2019.There were total 424 cases in 2019,whereas in the Lockdown period taken as from 21 March 2020 to31 May 2020,no: of cases reduced to 270. All these cases were grouped according to cause of death, manner of death and modalities of natural and unnatural deaths. Details of cases were entered utilizing a proforma. Results: There were total 424 cases in the pre-lockdown period in the year 2019, whereas in the lockdown period in 2020, number of cases declined to 270. Among the manner of deaths, accidents accounted for most of the deaths in the year 2019, i.e. 44.6% deaths due to accidents, whereas in the year 2020, deaths due to natural diseases topped the list, 46.3%. These differences in the manner of deaths were found statisticallysignificant. Conclusion: Two months into lockdown, statistically significant differences were noted in patterns of deaths. Further study should be conducted in the near future, when more data will become available. Providing early warning in patterns of mortality within the community could prove to be an invaluable public health asset.

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