Profile of medicolegal cases at Jinnah hospital, Lahore

ABSTRACT

1] To physically equip accident / emergency department of Jinnah Hospital for the management of medico legal cases on scientific grounds 2] To Study the age group and the type of weapon involved 3] To create awareness amongst the social workers, law enforcement agencies and medical personnel about the management of such cases. 4] To suggest appropriate measures to reduce the incidence of these emergencies. Two hundred and fifteen cases of medicolegal nature were collected. These cases visited the Accident /Emergency Department of Jinnah Hospital Lahore during the first six months of the year 2000 [January to June]. A specialized proforma was designed to record the age, sex, and type of weapon inflicting injuries. Out of these 213 cases 182 [85.44%] were male and 31 [14.56%] were female. Majority of the patients were within the age groups of 11-30 year of age [62.91%]. 92 [43.19%] patients were injured because of the blunt weapon, 57 [26.76%] because of the firearms, 38 [17.85%] suffered injuries in road traffic accidents, 23 [10.80%] because of sharp edged weapons and 3[1.40%] patients because of the bums