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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volume  17, Issue 2, April - June 2024, Pages 121-124
 

Original Article

A Retrospective Study on Profile of Death due to Poison

Haresh J. Parmar1, Rahul A. Mehta2, Viral K. Chaniyara3, Kuldip N. Teraiya4

1,3,4Resident Doctor, 2Associate Professor &  HOD, Department of Forensic Medicine, Shri M. P. Shah Government
Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat 361008, India.
 

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijfmp.0974.3383.17224.8

Abstract

Death due to poisoning is one of the commonest medico-legal cases encountered by forensic   experts. Committing suicide by ingestion of poison is one of the common method adopted. So   in order to know the burden of this, a retrospective study was carried out in Forensic Medicine  and Toxicology Department, Shri M P Shah Government Medical College and Guru Gobindsingh
Government Hospital, Jamnagar. Study was conducted for 1 year from December 2021 to January  2021. The data is collected by analysing various epidemiological parameters. According to this  study, 168 people died due to poisoning out of 1062 autopsy performed in the Forensic Medicine  and Toxicology Department, Jamnagar. Male predominance is seen in this study which includes
63.09% male and 36.91% female. Organophosphorus compound was main compound followed  by Aluminium phosphide for death due to poison. And among this 88.09% was suicidal in nature.  Death due poisoning is a major public health related issue. Death due the poisoning is a partially   preventable situation. Therefore by proper identification and knowledge of trend of the poisoning,
early management can be given to prevent morbidity and mortality. 


Keywords : Poison; Suicide; Male Predominance; Epidemiological parameters.
Corresponding Author : Kuldip N. Teraiya