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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  9, Issue 4, October-December 2023, Pages 183-187
 

Original Article

Evaluation of Errors in Medico Legal Records in the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India, New Delhi

Anita Rawat, Priya Govil, Kishalay Datta

1 ,2 Senior Consultant, 3 Director and HOD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh 110088, Delhi, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.9423.3

Abstract

Medicolegal cases (MLC) are injuries or medical conditions which require additional input from law enforcement agencies to help in the diagnosis and determining the nature of injury sustained by the patient. Any incorrect input or incomplete documentation may lead to delay in the legal proceedings and thus, patient rights will be violated. In this article, we will enlist the errors in the medicolegal records over the period of 3 years in our institute and guide the doctors in the emergency department for proper documentation of the medicolegal cases.
 


Keywords : MLC - Medico Legal Cases; MLR - Medico Legal Records.
Corresponding Author : Anita Rawat,