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An Autopsy Based Retrospective Analytical Study about Demographic Profile of Decomposed Bodies at Raigarh (C.G.) Region

Rajesh Ban Goswami, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Late Shri Lakhi Ram Agrawal Memorial Government Medical College, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 496001, India. , Rajesh Ban Goswami1 , A. Dutta2

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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 11(4):p 229-236, . | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijfmp.0974.3383.11418.2
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  Introduction: Medico-legal autopsy of decomposed bodies are the most hectic task for an autopsy surgeon since he/she is liable to provide data for fixation of P.M.I, Type of injury, C.O.D, etc. These datas are crucial for the purpose of administration of justice. Once upon a time autopsy of decomposed bodies were known as most unrewarding one, but due to improvement in scientific techniques, such situation had been partially over come. An attempt has been made in survey form of cases autopsized in K.G.H. mortuary at Raigarh to examine the feasibility to overcome the effect of above obstacles in recent situation. Aims & Objectives: In order to assess whether it is easy to find out injuries, cause of death, pattern of changes after death etc. in decomposed bodies and to assess the extent of certainty, three years and seven months study had been conducted. Further it is also aimed at to study the age, sex and season wise incidents of cases, cause of death etc. Materials & Methods: 78 decomposed bodies were autopsized out of total 1763 autopsy cases during the period from Jan 2015 to July 2018 in KGH mortuary at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Observations and results: Main points of discussion confined to (i) Season, (ii) Identity, (iii) Age group, (iv) Sex, (v) C.O.D. Maximum cases (48.72%) were found in summer. In total autopsized cases male predominance (80.76%) was found with M:F= 4.2:1. Maximum number of deceased persons were found in adult age group (21-60) [71.79%] and maximum cases were found in advanced stage of decomposition (39.74%). The C.O.D was determined in 70.51% of cases.

Keywords: Decomposition; Autopsy; Mortuary; Identity; C.O.D.

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  • Rajesh Ban Goswami, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Late Shri Lakhi Ram Agrawal Memorial Government Medical College, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 496001, India.
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  • A. Dutta2
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