This document summarizes the functions and activities of the Department of Forensic Medicine at JPNATC from 2007-2011. It provides statistics on autopsies conducted, top causes of death, and mechanisms of injury. It also describes the department's clinical forensic work, court appearances, training programs, publications, and plans to expand facilities and services like toxicology testing and cadaveric training.

1. FORENSIC
MEDICINE- JPNATC

2. Functions of the Department
• Autopsy
• Clinical Forensic Medicine
• Court Room Appearance

3. NUMBER OF AUTOPSIES
First Autopsy conducted on 18th June 2007
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
48 837 923 1094 958

4. TOTAL DEATHS- 2011
ED TC-3 TC-2 TC-5 TC-6 TC-4 TC-7 CWG/ Total
OT
554 224 143 60 19 9 0 3 1012

5. DELHI
Districts-11 Safdarjung Enclave-267
Total Police Stations- 150 HN Din-55
JPNATC-75 Police Stations Vasant Kunj-47
Sun Light Colony-36
FP Beri-32
Ambedkar Nagar-29
Badarpur-26
Vasant Vihar-25
Kalkaji-22
Okhla-22

6. MONTHLY WORKLOAD-2011
JAN FEB MAR APR MA JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
83 97 89 72 Y
82 83 53 71 77 92 81 79
WINTER (NOV-DEC-JAN-FEB) 340
SUMMER (MAR-APR-MAY-JUN) 326
AUTUMN (JULY-AUG-SEPT-OCT) 293

7. SEX DISTRIBUTION OF
AUTOPSIES
• 86% Male
• 14% Female
• M: F Raio-6.14:1

8. AGE DISTRIBUTION
Age Group
0-10- 5%
11-20- 9%
21-30- 28%
31-40- 23%
41-50- 18%
51-60- 9%
>60- 8%

9. CAUSE OF DEATH
Head Injury Haemorrgahic Septicemia Others
Shock
41.20% 31.91% 18.04% 8.86%

10. MECHANISM OF INJURY
RTA 574 (59.92%)
Train 35 (3.65%)
Fall from Height 184(19.21%)
Assault 14 (1.46%)
Sharp Weapon 17(1.77%)
Firearm 17(1.77%)
Asphyxia 23 (2.40%)
Electrocution 3 (00.31%)
Others 91 (9.50%)

11. BODY REGION
Head Neck Chest Abdomen Limb Poly- Natural Spine
trauma Others
462 8 45 96 30 221 55 41
(48.23%) (0.84%) (4.70%) (10.02%) (3.13%) (23.07%) (5.74%) 4.28%)

12. Clinical Cases at JPNATC
• Confidential Assignments- CBI, Crime Branch, various Courts
• Reconstruction, Experimental & Animated Reconstruction.
• Subsequent Opinion- MLC /Postmortem Cases
• Weapons
• Clothings
• Self Inflicted Injuries
• Review of Opinion
• Re-Examination
2008 2009 2010 2011
83 97 94 140

13. Court Room Appearance
• 5-7 Court Room Appearance per doctor per month
• Delhi- 6 District Courts
• UP- Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Bulandshahar
• Haryana- Hissar, Rohtak, Gurgaon, Mewat, Faridabad

14. CME
• NEUROSURGERY
• Cadaveric Training- Skull Base Surgery, Spine Surgery, Brachial
Plexus Repair
• ATLS SURGICAL SKILL
• Nerve and Tendon Repair
• Surgical Airway, ICD, DPL, Needle thracocentesis,
Pericardiocentesis
• DENTAL
• Cadaveric Training-Maxilofacial Surgery
• ORTHOPEDICS
• Cadaveric Training- Knee and Hip Arthroplasty
• Shoulder Arthroscopy, Knee Arthroscopy
• Pelvic Surgery
• Hand Surgery

15. PROJECTS
• NEUROSURGERY
• Acute thalamic involvement in severe head injury: An autopsy study
with histo-pathological correlation
• Brachial Plexus
• MICROBIOLOGY
• Ventilator Associate Pneumonia-Postmortem Blood Culture and
Lung Tissues
• SURGERY
• Pathological causes of death in trauma patients
• Vitropsy- correlation of CT Findings with gross autopsy

16. Publications
Lalwani S, Mathur P, Jain N, Behera B, Misra MC-
Epidemiological characteristics of Spinal Cord injury cases at a
level 1 Trauma Centre of India: A Post Mortem study. Journal of
Neurosurgery :Spine.
More under consideration in journals

17. SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION
• Organ Donation
• Facilitating Cadaveric Organ Donation-Brain Dead Patients
• Eye Donation
• Heart valve
• Bone Donation

18. FUTURE PLANS
• Toxicology Laboratory
• Cadaveric Training Centre