Study on burn injury, assessment of allegations of self-inflection Medico Legal Cases brought to tertiary Hospital, Aurangabad

Authors

  • Dr. Rajender Kumar Pandey Prof. & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, MGM Medical College Aurangabad (M.S.), India

Keywords:

Accidental, Epidemiological information, Dry heat, Burns, unnatural death

Abstract

Every year a real proportion of deaths in India happen due to burn injuries. Innovation of Fire was greatest invention towards the human beings. Burn is an injury which is produced by the application of dry heat such as flames, radiant heat or heated substance over the body service. Deaths from burn are a major public health problem in our country. Burn injuries are among the most devastating of all injuries and a major global public health crisis. In India there are several thousands of deaths is happening due to fire or burns. Sadly vast majority of these cases happen in the home and are due to smoking, defective kerosene stove bursts, defective electrical wiring, attempted suicides by self-immolation, homicidal burns of young women by husband or in-laws (Dowry deaths/bride burning).Fire or burns are the fourth most common type of shock for worldwide, following traffic accidents, falls and interpersonal violence. Burns have huge medico-legal importance as they may be examine to be the usual cause of unnatural death in India
Key Words: Burns, Dry heat, Shock, Autopsy, Epidemiological information, Accidental.

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Published

30-09-2017

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Dr. Rajender Kumar Pandey. (2017). Study on burn injury, assessment of allegations of self-inflection Medico Legal Cases brought to tertiary Hospital, Aurangabad. International Journal for Research Publication and Seminar, 8(7), 41–48. Retrieved from https://jrps.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/1158

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Vol. 8 No. 7 (2017): July - Sep 2017

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