scholarly journals Two Cases of Alleged Gang Rape Examined at Forensic Medicine Department of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) Barisal with Opinions Not "Enough to Prove the Allegation"

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-152
Author(s):  
Syed Mohammad Tanjilul Haque ◽  
Ahad Mahmud Khan ◽  
Abdul Barek ◽  
Md Habibuzzaman Chowdhury ◽  
Nashid Tabassum Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sexual Offence ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Medical College ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gang Rape

It is one of the most difficult tasks in forensic medicine is to examine alleged victims of sexual offence like rape that happened a few weeks back. There is a chance of miscarriage of justice. Two women were examined in the department of forensic medicine of SBMC. They gave the history of forceful sexual intercourse by several men at midnight while travelling in a bus. After their identification and obtaining informed written consent they were examined by 2 doctors, one is male and the other is female. With heavy responsibility on them the doctors had to proceed with the examination of the victims of alleged gang rape. Clinical examination, laboratory tests of collected specimens and X-ray examination were done. The opinions were that in case of the first victim, her age was around 18 years and in case of 2nd victim, her age was around 17 years and in both victims, no signs of forceful sexual intercourse were present but signs of past sexual intercourse were present. If a consistency between the history given by the victim and signs detected by the examining doctors is established by the investigating legal officer then a positive result is expected from the court of trial but very often this does not happen.Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Journal Vol. 8, No. 2: Jul 2017, P 148-152

scholarly journals Circumstances of death and pattern of fatal railway injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-268
Author(s):  
Kiran Kumar Patnaik ◽  
Hemanta Panigrahi ◽  
Sudeepa Das
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The Other ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Study Material ◽  
History Of ◽  
Rapid Industrialization ◽  
Present Case Study

The progressive extension of railway networking and increasing number of passengers as well as goods train to meet the demands of rapid industrialization and growing urbanisation, results in an increase in the various modes of railway fatalities. To evaluate the pattern and distribution of fatal railway injuries in relation to the circumstances of death in cases of railway related deaths. The study was conducted at Forensic Medicine and Toxicology department of M.K.C.G. Medical College & Hospital, Berhampur for medico legal autopsy on selected cases of death due to alleged railway injuries, were subjected to thorough post mortem examination and the pattern of injuries noted.A total number of 1314 cases were brought for medico-legal autopsy during the study period, out of which 94 cases were selected for the present study having clear history of railway related deaths (in which either a train caused death or in which a body was found on the track) excluding all other causes of death (even the cases brought by the GRPS having natural deaths were not considered as study material). The study conducted in the department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology revealed that the number of railway related deaths, both accidents and suicides is substantial in the locality. Amongst these, accidental railway deaths (63.83%) outnumber the other manners of death. The ante mortem nature of the railway injuries could be well established in the present case study material.

Lingual Dystonia Treated with Botulinum Toxin - A Case Report

1970 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
MA Hayee ◽  
QD Mohammad ◽  
H Rahman ◽  
M Hakim ◽  
SM Kibria
Keyword(s):  
Botulinum Toxin ◽  
Botulinum Toxin A ◽  
Botulinum Toxin Type A ◽  
Botulinum Toxin Type ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Lingual Dystonia ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chest X Ray

A 42-year-old female presented in Neurology Department of Sir Salimullah Medical College with gradually worsening difficulty in talking and eating for the last four months. Examination revealed dystonic tongue, macerated lips due to continuous drooling of saliva and aspirated lungs. She had no history of taking antiparkinsonian, neuroleptics or any other drugs causing dystonia. Chest X-ray revealed aspiration pneumonia corrected later by antibiotics. She was treated with botulinum toxin type-A. Twenty units of toxin was injected in six sites of the tongue. The dystonic tongue became normal by 24 hours. Subsequent 16 weeks follow up showed very good result and the patient now can talk and eat normally. (J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2006; 24: 75-78)

scholarly journals Forensic Medicine: Bangladesh Perspective

1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
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.

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

1970 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-47 ◽  
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

scholarly journals BLEEDING IN EARLY PREGNANCY;

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 516-521
Author(s):  
Riaz Ahmad ◽  
Farah Naz Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Early Pregnancy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Molar Pregnancy ◽  
Vaginal Examination ◽  
Recurrent Miscarriages ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Fetal Movements ◽  
History Of ◽  
Incomplete Miscarriage

Objectives: (1) To determine various ways of presentation of bleeding in earlypregnancy. (2) To classify the different causes of bleeding in early pregnancy. Study Design:A descriptive observational study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was done in AzizBhatti Hospital Gujarat attached with Nawaz Sharif Medical College (U.O.G) for a period ofone year during 2014-15. Methodology: The patients who presented with the complaint ofbleeding in early pregnancy before twentieth weeks of gestation were included in the study.The patients who presented after this gestational age and the patients with DUB or any otherincidental cause were excluded. Results: Majority of the patients presented between the agesof 21 to 30 years, and the miscarriage was in the embryonic period. The other ways were painand passage of vesicles (4%). Shoulder tip pain and fainting attacks were the other associatedsymptoms, twenty two percent presented with disappearance of pregnancy symptoms, only4% patients presented with loss of fetal movements. The important predisposing factors werehistory of I.U.C.D, spontaneous miscarriage; E&C and 6% with history of recurrent miscarriages,diabetes, UTI. The most common were incomplete miscarriages. Second commonest werethreatened. Two important diagnostic aids were U.S.G. (TVS) and vaginal examination to classifythe causes of bleeding. Conclusion: Bleeding is the commonest complaint with which thepregnant population presents. The commonest cause is incomplete miscarriage followed bythreatened miscarriage; ultrasonography is of utmost importance for diagnosis. The expectantmanagement of complete miscarriage in selected cases when not bleeding heavily should beconsidered. The patients with inevitable abortion should be evacuated under aseptic conditions.The most serious causes e.g. ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, missed miscarriage andincidental local causes should always be kept in mind.

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

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

scholarly journals The history of forensic medicine department SSMU (to the 110th jubilee)

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Shamarin ◽  
A. S. Melchikov ◽  
A. D. Shnayder
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Events ◽  
Scientific Life

In the article there are introduced the history of forensic medicinе department, the names of its grounders, the key events of the scientific life of the department, the prospects of its development are introduced.

A Comparison in Work-Up Between the First and Second Covid 19 Infection in the Same Patients in the ED Tawam Hospital, UAE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Kzar Basi Al-Shamri
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
The Other ◽  
Routine Laboratory ◽  
Infection Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Severity Of Disease ◽  
Chest X Ray ◽  
Laboratory Investigations ◽  
Work Up ◽  
First Time

Aim of study: To identify the significance of routine laboratory investigations conducted in patients infected with COVID-19 for the second time as compared to being infected with COVID-19 for the first time in the UAE. Methods: 345 patients between the ages of 16 and 65 years who were infected with COVID-19 were included in the study. Patient’s charts were reviewed and all laboratory tests and imaging conducted were reviewed. Furthermore, patients were divided into two groups: one as a first time COVID-19 infection group and the other as a second time COVID-19 infection group. Results: Fifteen laboratory tests have been conducted. Of these tests, 44.4% (4 tests) (procalcitonin, phosphate, magnesium, amylase, and lipase) that were abnormally elevated in patients in the first infection group were found to be significantly reduced in patients with a second COVID-19 infection. Also, two imaging modalities done which included Chest–X ray and CT thorax without contrast were abnormal in all the patients in the second infection group. Conclusion and recommendations: We recommend not using the following labs in patients with COVID-19 infection for the second time: procalcitonin, magnesium, lipase, amylase, phosphate. However, we do recommend performing Chest X-ray and CT thorax without contrast in assessing severity of disease in patients with COVID-19 infection for the second time.

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

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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