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.

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