Rupture uterus: Carelessness or negligence.

Uterus is the most unique reproductive organ in humans. Rupture uterus is a hazardous complication of pregnancy and labour, and carries high risk both to the mother and the foetus. Uterine rupture during third trimester of pregnancy is a rare complication but if there is rupture and not suspect with in time may have fatal out come for the mother, foetus or both. In this modern medical era, prenatal check-up, advanced non invasive diagnostic facilities and subsequent treatment does not produce such life threatening complication. Rupture uterus cases are observed due to either carelessness of the patient or negligence of the doctor. Three cases of rupture uterus are discussed in this paper of full term pregnancy, had complete antenatal visits with all investigations including ultrasonography and attended the hospital well in time before death. Most cases of rupture uterus are preventable with good ante-natal and intra-partum care, and proper identification of high-risk cases.

Bride burning: a heinous crime.

“Dowry” is defined as meaning money, or other thing estimated in terms of money, demanded from the wife or her parents or her relatives by the husband or his parents or other relatives, where such a demand is not properly referable to any legally recognized claim and is relatable only to the wife’s having married into the husband’s family. Dowry death, a heinous crime is gradually engulfing and polluting the entire society. Newly married young women are the victims who adopted the way of suicide to end their lives by burning, hanging, poisoning or drowning. A 23 years old married female had died in her kitchen under suspicious circumstances within one year of her marriage life by burning with some inflammable material on dated 22/12/2009. The post-mortem examination revealed that death was due to asphyxia as a result of pressure over neck. 98% of dermo-epidermal burn present over body was post mortem in nature. Manner of death was homicidal. A medico legal aspect of the case is discussed in this article.

Forensic diagnosis of sudden death due to pyogenic meningitis.

Acute bacterial meningitis remains a major cause of mortality and long term neurological sequelae worldwide. Despite of availability of potent antibiotic the mortality rate due to acute bacterial meningitis remains significantly high in India and other developing countries. There is a need for periodic review of bacterial meningitis worldwide, since the pathogens responsible for infection vary with time, geography and patient‘s age. We are reporting a case of 40 years old married male who became unconscious suddenly with history of fever since last one day. There was no history of any major illness. He was died in hospital under suspicious condition within 12 hours of hospitalization. Forensic experts finally gave the opinion that the death was natural and it was due to pyogenic meningitis after considering autopsy findings, histo-pathological findings and microbiological and biochemistry reports. Klebsiella pneumoniae was responsible for acute pyogenic meningitis.