Evaluation of all Medicolegal Cases Brought to Casualty of GMC and SSG Hospital Vadodara
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Medicolegal cases, Casualty, RTA, Poisoning, Assault, Urban cases, Rural cases.Abstract
Background: Any medical college hospital's emergency room should constantly be prepared to treat a wide range of cases that are brought in. Knowing the patterns of cases that are presented before it is crucial for this reason, as is making the necessary arrangements to handle them.
Materials and methods: The present study is retrospective study to know the trends of medico legal cases brought to SSG Hospital, Vadodara from July 1st, 2016 to December 31st, 2016. Cases include those brought to the hospital's casualty department.
Results: A total number of 5408 cases were reported between July 1st, 2016 to December 31st, 2016. Among the 5408 cases reported, 79.99% were male and 26.01% were female making a male to female ratio 3:1. It was observed that urban victims constituted 51.09% and the rural victims were 48.91%. Similar 27.59% were in the age group 21-30 years followed by 21.95% in the 31-40 age group. The maximum number of cases were of RTA’s (38.31%) followed by assault (20.25%) and poisoning (9.28%).
Conclusion: The current study offers data on the trend of medico legal cases brought to SSG Hospital, Vadodara, including details on the cases' age, sex, and etiological factors. Data is examined statistically and shown in tabular form.
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