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 Status of medico legal service in Nepal: Problems along with suggestions

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
ND Subedi ◽  
S Deo
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Legal Service ◽  
Clinical Forensic Medicine ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
District Hospitals ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Medical Colleges

Forensic medicine deals with the application of medicine for the purpose of law. It is now commonly used to describe all aspects of forensic caseworks; including forensic pathology, that branch of forensic medicine which investigates death, and clinical forensic medicine, which involves interaction between the law, judiciary and the police involving (generally) living persons. The medico legal investigation system in our country still lags far behind the developed countries. The doctors doing the medico legal and post-mortem work at the district level hospitals are often untrained in this sensitive job. It is a job of great responsibility and to leave it to inexperienced doctors is actually doing injustice to the society. Forensic experts handle a very small part of total medico-legal work as most of them work in private medical colleges which are not permitted to handle the work. Mortuaries are housed in outdated facilities. Exposure to the medical students on medico legal cases including autopsy is done only on a sporadic basis taking them to nearby government hospitals and even if they visit the hospitals, inadequate infrastructure prevents better learning. Private medical colleges are conducting postgraduate course in forensic medicine without handling medico legal cases. There should be a post of forensic medicine specialist, at least at the zonal hospitals and the district hospitals handling more medico legal cases. The private medical colleges, especially those enrolling postgraduate students in the field, must seek permission to conduct medico legal works and the government also should not be reluctant in permitting so as it’s not producing adequate experts in itself as per the need of the country. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v10i1.12769 Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2014, Vol.10(1); 49-54

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 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

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.

scholarly journals Incidence of accessory spleen in Bangladeshi cadaver

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Md Ashraful Islam Chowdhury ◽  
Md Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
Subaida Gulshan Ara ◽  
Anjuman Ara ◽  
Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Journal ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Accessory Spleen ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Human Cadaver ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Medical College

This cross sectional descriptive study was done to find out the incidence of accessory spleen in Bangladeshi people to create awareness of the presence of an accessory spleen in a patient prior to splenectomy. During this study one hundred and twenty human cadaver of which eighty-seven male and thirty- three female of different age group were dissected in the morgue of forensic medicine department of Mymesingh Medical College. This was a cross sectional and descriptive study carried out in the department of anatomy of Mymensingh medical college, from July 2007 to June 2008. Accessory spleen was found in 20% cases where 20.68% cases in male and 18.18% in female. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cbmj.v1i1.13824 Community Based Medical Journal Vol.1(1) 2012 17-19

scholarly journals Medico-legal Issues and Socio-demographic Profile of Suicidal Deaths in People of Dhaka City-A Study of 827 Cases

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-36
Author(s):  
Md Abdus Samad Al Azad ◽  
Md Saidur Rahman ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmad ◽  
Taniza Tabassum ◽  
Zubaidur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Suicidal Death

Introduction: There are two manners of death: Naturalwhere death is entirely caused by disease or ageing process, where poison or trauma does not take part to cause it and Unnatural- where death is sudden, suspicious, unexpected, litigious, unexplained and unattended either due to poison or trauma. Accident, homicide and suicide are the three unnatural manners of death. Death due to intentional injuries such as homicide or suicide and unintentional injuries of accidental manner, such as in transportation injury or industrial or machinery mishaps constitute unnatural deaths. Suicidal deaths are the acts or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind. Objective: To ascertain the medico-legal issues and sociodemographic profile of suicidal death cases occuerd in Dhaka City. Materials and Methods: A record based cross sectional study of postmortems was performed at the mortuary of the Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College (DMC) from August 2009 to July 2010. A total of 3,337 cases brought to DMC mortuary from the south-eastern part of Dhaka district during this period were included in this study and thereafter 827 suicidal deaths were considered for this study. Results: A total of 3,337 unnatural deaths (accidents, suicide and homicide) were reported at the mortuary of the Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College (DMC) during the period of August 2009 to July 2010. This study revealed that 827(24.78%) individual committed suicide out of 3337 cases. There was a predominance of Muslims 779(94.19%), males 481(58.16%) over females 346(41.84%) in committing suicide. Majority of the victims belonged to the age group of 21-30 years in both sexes. Out of these suicidal cases, 318(38.45%) victims committed suicide by hanging. The other methods used for suicide were Organophosphorus compound poisoning (OPC) by 238(28.79%) victims, poisoning from other substances like Opiates, Ethanol, Methanol, Rodenticide, Barbiturate etc by 267 (32.28%); 3(0.36%) cases were identified as burn and 1 (0.12%) by firearm. Conclusion: Suicide is the second most common manner of unnatural death flanked by accident and homicide. Suicide is one of the most multifaceted and media-sensitive phenomena. Suicide by hanging is an increasingly common method. All stakeholders such as government along with private agencies, non-government organizations, public health departments, social workers, community, religious leaders and media can take a leading step to prevent suicide Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.13(1) 2017: 33-36

scholarly journals The family physician as a primary care consultant – the Mossel Bay experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus B. Von Pressentin ◽  
Kartik S. Naidoo ◽  
Louis S. Jenkins ◽  
Johann Schoevers
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
South African ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Family Physician ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
District Health ◽  
Team Members ◽  
System A ◽  
District Hospitals ◽  
The Family

The South African family physician (FP) is an expert generalist who has a number of roles to strengthen the district health system. A research study on FPs in district hospitals has previously demonstrated an impact; however, more evidence on impact in primary health care (PHC) is needed. By serving as a consultant for the PHC team, the FP may improve access to care, capacitate team members, enhance comprehensiveness of care, and improve coordination and continuity of care. This report narrates the story of how one of the FPs at a rural district hospital recorded his experience of being a consultant to the PHC team and was able to self-audit the experience. A self-designed audit tool analysed 1000 patient consultations with the FP and enabled a reflection on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related changes to the consultant role. There was a clear need for FPs to consult patients with complex multi-morbidity and multifaceted psychosocial aspects to their illness, in consultation with their team members. Patients were referred to them by medical officers, other specialists, family medicine registrars, allied healthcare professionals and nurse practitioners. The FP’s ability to strengthen the PHC service outside the district hospital may be enhanced by creating more FP posts at a subdistrict level to support high-quality, team-based primary care in line with the PHC policy directions.

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

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