An Introspect Into Trends of Unnatural Deaths in Haryana: A Retrospective Study

Bikramjeet Singh; Pankaj Chhikara; D R Rajesh

Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2020

An Introspect Into Trends of Unnatural Deaths in Haryana: A Retrospective Study

Bikramjeet Singh, Pankaj Chhikara, D R Rajesh

Abstract :

Unnatural deaths are known to claim a substantial number of lives, the world over, with the vehicular accidents accounting for a lion�s share. Poisoning is another major problem all over the world more so in developing country like India. The other means of unnatural deaths like hanging, drowning, head injuries, etc constitute a substantial number of unnatural deaths in this part of the world because of unemployment, illiteracy, poverty and lack of infrastructural facilities for timely management of such patients. This was a retrospective descriptive study carried out in the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at MMIMSR, Mullana, Haryana. A total of 52 cases were studied, out of which 36 were male and 16 were female. Most common age group were third & fourth decade followed by second decade and fifth. The present study reveals that road traffic accidents constitute the major chunk of unnatural deaths. Although an autopsy surgeon cannot contribute much to the elucidation of factors leading to the unnatural deaths a sincere effort can highlight dangerous rising trends of preventable causes of unnatural deaths and thus direct the efforts of social organizations and the authorities in right direction