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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