The following cases must be labeled as
medicolegal by the treating doctor and medicolegal report should be prepared
for further legal investigation
- All
injury/hurt cases, circumstances of which suggest commission of offence by
someone
- All
traffic vehicular, railways, aeroplane, ship, boat, factory, construction
site or other unnatural accidents
- Self–inflicted
injuries/attempted suicide
- Cases
of criminal abortion
- Accidents
where there is likelihood of death or grievous hurt
- All
cases of suspected or evident poisoning
- Suspected
or evident homicide, suicide including attempted
- All
burn injuries, whatever the cause of burn
- All
suspected or evident sexual assaults
- All
suspected or evident criminal abortion
- Unconscious
cases where the cause is not natural or not clear
- Cases
referred by Courts for age estimation
- Cases
brought dead with improper medical history
- Dead
on arrival cases or patients who die shortly after being brought to the
hospital before a definite diagnosis can be made
- Patients
dying suddenly after parenteral administration of a drug or medication
- Patient
falling down or any mishap in the Hospital, sustaining injury in the
Hospital
- Death
on the operation table
- Unexplained
death after surgery or interventional procedure
- Unexplained
ICU death
- Patient
treated and then referred from a private hospital or other Government
hospital with complications of surgery or delivery or bleeding, where the
cause of death is unexplained.
- Relatives
of the patient assault the treating doctor or other staff of the hospital.
- Any
other case not falling under the above mentioned category but has legal
implications like medical examination of arrested accused without consent
of person.
In case of death of a medicolegal case,
the treating doctor has to only handover the body to the concerned police
officer with written recommendation for medicolegal (Forensic) autopsy in final
death summary/discharge report and a receipt must be obtained for record.
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