Medicolegal certificates and management practcie PDF

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Medico-Legal Certificates Objectives: Performa’s of M/L/certificates. Learning Objectives: Students will come to know, how to fill and write the medico-legal Performa (Reports/Certificate). Medico-legal certificates are: 1. Medico legal certificates (For living persons). 2. Post-mortem reports/ certificates (For dead persons). I.

Medico-legal certificates are usually given in cases of: a) Assaults i.e. Injured persons (Injuries/ Fira arms/ accident) b) Burns c) Age- certificates 

General features (child, adult. And old age)

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Sec. Sex characters

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Teeth’s

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Radiology (ossification of bones)

d) Drunken –Persons (persons under the influence of alcohol) e) Sexual offences i.e. Victim of rape and Sodomy and offender of rape and sodomy. f) In a case of poisoning g) Mental illness h) Drying declaration

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Post mortem (reports) certificates (In case of deaths due to homicide, suicide and accidental means)

Today we will discuss the proforma (prescribes forms on which the medico-legal certificate is issued)

The medico-legal certificate proforma consists of: 1) The front-page 

Left side of the proforma

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Right side of the proforma

2) The back page 

For diagrammatic representation of injuries.

Front page its left side contains:

MLC NO

Name: Cast: S/O/D/O/W/O Age Sex Address CNIC:

Two marks of identification i)…………………………. ii)…………………………. Accompanied by: Self (Court orders) Police (Police constable). Time and date of arrival ==== 19/12/20 – 5:00 pm. Examination ============ 19/12/20 – 5:00 pm. No of date of Police docket / court orders…………………………………………………………. No and Name of Police constable………………………………. If admitted time and date of admission………………………………. Discharge………………………………….

Consent para

Male = 18 years and above Female = 16 years and above

Thumb Impression

If female under 16 years and males under 18 years (mental persons) than sign/ thumb impression of parent or guardian.

Front page its Right side contains: a) b) c) d)

Brief H/O of the case / event with respect to time and date Examination of clothes General Physical Examination Description of injuries (from head to toe)

e) Investigation advised/ Samples sent to laboratory. f) Opinion from specialist’s/ operation reports / x-ray reports g) K.U.O or not h) Possibility of fabrication

YES/NO

Probable duration of injuries……………………… Kind of weapon /Poison suspected………………………… Nature of injuries………………………………. (IF K.U.O, then must be declared within 21 days of issuing of certificates) Signature: Name: Designation: Hospital:

Back page contains MLC NO

Six different diagram showing various views of the body for representing various injuries on the body At the end, total no of injuries, on the body, signature and stamp of the M/L officer.

The medico legal certificate contains two parts 1) Description of injuries (Physical findings in case of drunken person, examination of victim of rape and sodomy, case of burn, mental illness, sign and symptoms of poisoning and age estimation). 2) Opinion drawn 

Immediately

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K.U.O...