ABSTRACT
A one-year study was carried out among the poisoning cases admitted in the emergency wing of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital attached to Government Medical College, Amritsar during the period from 10-5-1997 to 9-5-1998. Out of 10,664 admitt emergencies, 3.19% were poisoning cases. Male to female ratio was nearly 3:1. Majority (45.59%) of the victims were in the age group of 21-30 years, 69.12% were married and 51.47% belonged to urban area. At the time of admission 61.47% cases were conscious, 26.17% were partially conscious and 12.36% were unconscious. Majority (76.47%) of the victims committed suicide, in 20.88% cases manner of death was accident and homicide was reported in 1.76% cases. Commones poison was aluminium phosphide (38.23%) followed by organophosphorus compounds (17.64%). The study observed increasing trend of suicide by aluminium phosphide and organophosphorus compounds, whereas other poisons for committing suicide were less commonly used.
Subject(s)
Accidents/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Adult , Aluminum Compounds/poisoning , Child , Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Ethanol/poisoning , Female , Homicide/statistics & numerical data , Humans , India/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Organophosphorus Compounds/poisoning , Phosphines/poisoning , Poison Control Centers , Poisoning/classification , Schools, Medical , Suicide/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
In a land mark historical judgment the Hon,ble Supreme Court has ruled that doctors should not be held criminally responsible unless there is prime facie evidence before the Court in the form of a credible opinion from another competent doctor, preferably a Government doctor in the same field of medicine supporting the charges of a rash and negligent act. It is a laudable judgment in the light of criminal procedures filed against the medical professionals in trivial cases under Section 304-A and even 304 IPC where prima-facie there seems to be no neglect in these medical treatments.
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Benchmarking/legislation & jurisprudence , Delivery of Health Care/legislation & jurisprudence , Expert Testimony/legislation & jurisprudence , Health Personnel/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , India , Jurisprudence , Malpractice/legislation & jurisprudence , Physicians/legislation & jurisprudenceABSTRACT
It is a well known fact that the sex can be determined from the pulp tissue in living as well as dead, but up to what postmortem interval it can be determined accurately is still a matter of controversy amongst different authors. An attempt has been made in this regard, keeping in view the effect of environment i.e. Role of temperature and humidity on pulp tissue after the extraction of teeth.