Cases wherever attending doctor after taking history and clinical examination of the patient thinks that some investigation by law enforcing agencies are essential so as to fix the responsibility regarding the case in accordance with the law of land.
consent
Indian Contract Act 1872 defines when two or more persons agree upon the same thing and at the same time in the same sense provided the consent has been taken prior to coercion, not under the influence of fraud or misinterpretation and mistake
Medico Legal Responsibilities of Doctors
Registered medical practitioner (RMP) i.e. Emergency Medical Officer (EMO)/ Assistant Emergency Medical Officer (Asst. EMO) at Emergency should decide whether the case is to be registered as MLC or not.
Consent of family members NOT required for registration of a case as MLC.
Opinion Should be Crisp and to the Point. Articles Preserved and Should be Enumerated.Prepare Three Copies of The Document, One Copy is Kept at Emergency Room, other as Hospital Record.Original is Given to The Police.
If a MLC, recorded elsewhere (in other hospital) is referred, it should be treated as MLC but NO NEW MLC number should be issued. Treatment should continue in old MLC number. Neither a new MLR should be prepared nor is it needed to inform the police.
If a case is brought several days after the incident, it should be reported and findings to be noted regarding the present condition of the patient.
MLC can be written and signed by (EMO)/Asst. EMO /Faculty. Wherever possible, Faculty member should sign along with SR/JR if the report is prepared by them.
In the presentation efforts have been made to guide the medical professionals how to deal with a MLC case in a step by step manner and certain issues relating to medical case records.
Consent, Definition of consent, Types of consent, Rules of consent, Informed consent, Implied consent, Valid consent, Medicolegal aspects of consent, Consent in emergency, Age of children for consent, Sterilization consent, Consent for M.T.P., I.V.F. consent, High-risk consent, Death-on-table consent, Paternalism, Important judgments relating to consent, Format of consent, Eligibility for consent, Consent for blood-transfusion.
A brief presentation on the Medicolegal aspects of healthcare initially intended for the students - Post Graduate Diploma in Hosp. Management (Medvarsity)
Medico Legal Responsibilities of Doctors
Registered medical practitioner (RMP) i.e. Emergency Medical Officer (EMO)/ Assistant Emergency Medical Officer (Asst. EMO) at Emergency should decide whether the case is to be registered as MLC or not.
Consent of family members NOT required for registration of a case as MLC.
Opinion Should be Crisp and to the Point. Articles Preserved and Should be Enumerated.Prepare Three Copies of The Document, One Copy is Kept at Emergency Room, other as Hospital Record.Original is Given to The Police.
If a MLC, recorded elsewhere (in other hospital) is referred, it should be treated as MLC but NO NEW MLC number should be issued. Treatment should continue in old MLC number. Neither a new MLR should be prepared nor is it needed to inform the police.
If a case is brought several days after the incident, it should be reported and findings to be noted regarding the present condition of the patient.
MLC can be written and signed by (EMO)/Asst. EMO /Faculty. Wherever possible, Faculty member should sign along with SR/JR if the report is prepared by them.
In the presentation efforts have been made to guide the medical professionals how to deal with a MLC case in a step by step manner and certain issues relating to medical case records.
Consent, Definition of consent, Types of consent, Rules of consent, Informed consent, Implied consent, Valid consent, Medicolegal aspects of consent, Consent in emergency, Age of children for consent, Sterilization consent, Consent for M.T.P., I.V.F. consent, High-risk consent, Death-on-table consent, Paternalism, Important judgments relating to consent, Format of consent, Eligibility for consent, Consent for blood-transfusion.
A brief presentation on the Medicolegal aspects of healthcare initially intended for the students - Post Graduate Diploma in Hosp. Management (Medvarsity)
includes the recent guidelines & methodology for exaamination of rape victim in india. very helpful for medical students, practising doctos, esp Govt doctors.
A POWER POINT PRESENTATION BY DR.SANGEETA CHOWDHRY & DR.SUNIL SHARMA, DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE & TOXICOLOGY, GOVT. MEDICAL COLLEGE, JAMMU (JAMMU AND KASHMIR)
includes the recent guidelines & methodology for exaamination of rape victim in india. very helpful for medical students, practising doctos, esp Govt doctors.
A POWER POINT PRESENTATION BY DR.SANGEETA CHOWDHRY & DR.SUNIL SHARMA, DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE & TOXICOLOGY, GOVT. MEDICAL COLLEGE, JAMMU (JAMMU AND KASHMIR)
MEDICOLEGAL role of MEDICAL OFFICER at a hospital.pdfAngirasSahuAngi
Medicolegal roles of medical officer by nhrc. It includes all the common points a medical officer must be aware of. In case of MLC it can be used for doctor duties.
The legal duties of a doctor. 1. Emergency medical services 2. Disclosure of 3. What are MLC? What is the duty of the doctor in MLC, medical records preservation, proper documentation, valid is very important for saving the doctors consent from legal actions under IPC and actions for negligence.
For info log on to www.healthlibrary.com. "Rights and Duties of Doctors - Part 2" By Dr. Ghazala Shaikh held on 3 Nov 2015.
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
FORENSIC MEDICINE
INDIAN PENAL CODE
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
INDIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
INQUEST - Police & Magistrate
COURTS OF LAW
JUVENILE JUSTICE BOARD
MEDICAL EVIDENCE
Medical Certificate
Medicolegal certificate
Dying Declaration & Dying Deposition
SUMMONS
RECORDING OF EVIDENCE IN A COURT
WITNESS
DOCTOR IN THE WITNESS BOX
The time period for maintaining medical or medico legal records(fmt)Ritam Sahu
The time period for Medical or Medico Legal records to be maintained by Hospital or Medical Practitoner Forensic Medicine Project in Colleges and also Medical Issues
detail knowledge of medico-legal cases, introduction,types, reports, consent,death certificate, patient right. it will help you to understand the concept of medico-legal cases
In this PPT you will learn what is autonomy whether is important or not and so on.
Every one of us should mentally capably for thinking and decision making and that's why we are humans, but there are people who are not mentally complete and their which or needs depend on others and it's really sad.
consent and confidentiality are important and are the reason why you are a good doctors.
The confidentiality brings you a new customers who trust you because you keep their information secrets and this type of confidentiality is part of Hippocrates Oaths.
Malpractice should not allowed in the field of medicine because your are dealing with humans life.
The malpractice is due to lack of doctors knowledge, uninteresting the sensitive cases, not using a guidelines.
The most type and common error in malpractice is the medication error and could put the patient's life risky.
Medical record is important why because you follow up the patients and will help you to guide and known the status the patient whether he or she improving or not.
There are several types of medical record: by using paper or documented book or by using electronic such as computers and so on.
If you are recording the patient information the patient will trust you and so happy because you still remember him or her information and this is good for you.
"whenever any medico-legal case comes to the hospital, the medical officer on duty should inform the Duty Constable, giving the name, age, sex of the patient and the place of occurrence of the incident and should start the treatment of the patient.
It will be the duty of the said Constable to inform the nearest concerned police station or higher police functionaries for further action.
Role of Forensic Pathologists in Mass Aviation Disasters[1].pptxDr. Mohd Kaleem Khan
The forensic pathologist has always had a central role in the identification of the dead in every day practice, in accidents, and in disasters involving hundreds or thousands of victims.
Various pests, fungi, weeds and rodents cause much harm to the production and storage of food grains
A large number of pesticides including insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides and fungicides are available in the market.
infanticide are quite common in India because of illiteracy as well as the female child unwanted . Now a days female sexual assault and murder is getting common in north Indian society
Criminal abortion is commonly practiced in India as access to legal abortion and society fear are still great barrier. Approach of the physician and government should favorable.
infections through food contamination and food adulteration often leads poisoning like status. mortality and morbidity decides the nature and severity of poison. awareness needed for common food born infections and common food adulterants.
Analysis of hair and fiber , differentiating it between human and animals. analysis in identification cases of male and female and different places of body origin. Examination in sexual assault cases and extraction of DNA from hair from DNA fingerprinting.
Drowning is an inhalation of liquid in respiratory tract leading to suffocation and death. it can be wet or dry drowning depending upon the water entering in trachea. some times water touching the larynx leading to spasm and complete closure leading to dry drowning.
injury to thorax and abdomen. tension pneumothorax , cardiac tamponade, rupture of kidney, rupture of liver, intestinal perforation, foreign body in rectum
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
Pulmonary Thromboembolism - etilogy, types, medical- Surgical and nursing man...VarunMahajani
Disruption of blood supply to lung alveoli due to blockage of one or more pulmonary blood vessels is called as Pulmonary thromboembolism. In this presentation we will discuss its causes, types and its management in depth.
micro teaching on communication m.sc nursing.pdfAnurag Sharma
Microteaching is a unique model of practice teaching. It is a viable instrument for the. desired change in the teaching behavior or the behavior potential which, in specified types of real. classroom situations, tends to facilitate the achievement of specified types of objectives.
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), or beverage alcohol, is a two-carbon alcohol
that is rapidly distributed in the body and brain. Ethanol alters many
neurochemical systems and has rewarding and addictive properties. It
is the oldest recreational drug and likely contributes to more morbidity,
mortality, and public health costs than all illicit drugs combined. The
5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5) integrates alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single
disorder called alcohol use disorder (AUD), with mild, moderate,
and severe subclassifications (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
In the DSM-5, all types of substance abuse and dependence have been
combined into a single substance use disorder (SUD) on a continuum
from mild to severe. A diagnosis of AUD requires that at least two of
the 11 DSM-5 behaviors be present within a 12-month period (mild
AUD: 2–3 criteria; moderate AUD: 4–5 criteria; severe AUD: 6–11 criteria).
The four main behavioral effects of AUD are impaired control over
drinking, negative social consequences, risky use, and altered physiological
effects (tolerance, withdrawal). This chapter presents an overview
of the prevalence and harmful consequences of AUD in the U.S.,
the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
pharmacotherapies for AUD.
Report Back from SGO 2024: What’s the Latest in Cervical Cancer?bkling
Are you curious about what’s new in cervical cancer research or unsure what the findings mean? Join Dr. Emily Ko, a gynecologic oncologist at Penn Medicine, to learn about the latest updates from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2024 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. Dr. Ko will discuss what the research presented at the conference means for you and answer your questions about the new developments.
Prix Galien International 2024 Forum ProgramLevi Shapiro
June 20, 2024, Prix Galien International and Jerusalem Ethics Forum in ROME. Detailed agenda including panels:
- ADVANCES IN CARDIOLOGY: A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING
- WOMEN’S HEALTH: FERTILITY PRESERVATION
- WHAT’S NEW IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS,
ONCOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICS
- GENE THERAPY
- BEYOND BORDERS: GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR DEMOCRATIZING LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
1. Medico Legal Aspect
for Upcoming
Doctors
Dr Mohd Kaleem Khan
Associate Professor
Deptt. of Forensic Medicine
2. Definition of Medico-legal Case
Cases wherever attending doctor after taking history and
clinical examination of the patient thinks that some
investigation by law enforcing agencies are essential so as to
fix the responsibility regarding the case in accordance with
the law of land.
3. Duty of Registered Medical
Practitioner (RMP) in MLC
• To save the life of a patient and to give primary treatment
• Registered medical practitioner (RMP) i.e. Emergency Medical Officer
(EMO)/ Assistant Emergency Medical Officer (Asst. EMO) at Emergency
should decide whether the case is to be registered as MLC or not. .
• Consent of family members NOT required for registration of a case as
MLC.
4. List of MLC
• Injuries due to Accidents and Assault.
• Suspected or evident cases of suicides or homicides (attempted).
• Confirmed or suspected cases of Poisoning.
• Burns.
• Cases of injuries with likelihood of death.
• Sexual Offences.
• Suspected or evident Criminal Abortion.
5. List of MLC
• All Patients Brought to The Hospital In Suspicious Circumstances/ Improper History (Ex:
Found Dead On Road).
• Unconscious Patients Where Cause of Unconsciousness Is Not Clear.
• Child Abuse, Domestic Violence.
• Person Under Police Custody or Judicial Custody.
• Patients Dying Suddenly on Operation Table or After Parenteral Administration of a Drug
or Medication.
• Case Of Drunkenness., Brought Dead, Natural Disaster.
6. Work Flow For Medico-legal Cases
Brought To Emergency
7. Protocol for Filling The Medico-Legal
Report (MLR) is as Under.
• Preliminary
• Information to the police should be sent in proper form.
• Take Consent for examination of the patient on the MLR Form.
• If less than 12 years of age take the consent of the guardian.
• The Preliminary entries should be complete.
• Two Identification Marks have to be noted preferably on accessible
parts.
8. • Time and date of examination should be indicated clearly.
• If the patient is under observation to decide the severity of injury/condition, same
should be indicated in Medico-legal Report.
• Take proper history in patient/guardian’s own words and document correctly.
• In cases of poisoning and other cases, General Examination and other signs should
be mentioned in detail.
• Use standard formats wherever possible.
• Details of police constable who brought the case should be noted.
9. Consent
• Indian Contract Act 1872 defines when two or more persons agree upon the
same thing and at the same time in the same sense provided the consent has
been taken prior to coercion, not under the influence of fraud or
misinterpretation and mistake
• Implied consent
• This is the trust and empathy which a patient develops with his physician when he first comes in
contact and due to this empathy he allows history and examination of himself.
• Expressed consent (informed)
• Verbal consent
• Written consent
10. REQUIREMENTS FOR VALID INFORMED
CONSENT
• Competence and capacity
• Sufficient information (disclosure and recommendation)
• The Proposed Procedure
• Voluntarily understanding, decision, and authorization
• Exceptions to the rule for obtaining consent
• Therapeutic privilege
• Emergency life-threatening situation
11. Examination
• Head to toe examination
• Mention The Examination Of Injuries in Detail
(Type, Site, Size, Shape, Color, Age of Injury, Direction, Nature, Duration).
• Use Diagram Wherever Necessary.
12.
13.
14.
15. Opinion
• Opinion Should be Crisp and to the Point.
• Articles Preserved and Should be Enumerated.
• Prepare Three Copies of The Document, One Copy is Kept at
Emergency Room, other as Hospital Record.
• Original is Given to The Police.
16. General Guidelines
• If a MLC, recorded elsewhere (in other hospital) is referred, it should be treated as MLC but
NO NEW MLC number should be issued.
• Treatment should continue in old MLC number.
• Neither a new MLR should be prepared nor is it needed to inform the police.
• If a case is brought several days after the incident, it should be reported and findings to be
noted regarding the present condition of the patient.
• MLC can be written and signed by (EMO)/Asst. EMO /Faculty. Wherever possible, Faculty
member should sign along with SR/JR if the report is prepared by them.
17. • All treatment papers, investigation reports etc. to be labeled as MLC & record should
be maintained for future Medico-legal use (same may be required by court for the
case).
• Belongings of the Medico-legal cases should be handed over to the police officer and
proper receipt must be obtained in every case.
• If a Medico-legal case is not admitted, entry shall be made in the MLC Register.
18. • Consent for emergency surgery, when no attendant is available can be given
by the Medical Superintendent of the hospital.
• In case of taking away a patient or body of a Medico-legal case forcibly by
the attendant
– The Medical Officer should record the same on the file of the patient.
– Police Station/Post of the area and security staff should be informed
immediately.
19. • X rays, blood reports, microbiological, pathological investigations etc in Medicolegal
case should be labeled as MLC & kept along with other documents of the case.
• Always prepare three copies of the Medico-legal report,
• Hospital records or file of MLC should be kept as confidential in Record Section.
• If Medico-legal report has already been issued, then duplicate Medico-legal reports
should not be issued.
20. DEATH IN MEDICO-LEGAL CASE
• Whenever there is a death in a Medico-legal case, the police officer should be
informed.
• Body must be sent for Medico-legal autopsy after filling the appropriate format.
• In all the cases brought dead, police is informed and body is sent to Mortuary.
• DYING DECLARATION
– Impending death in MLC, the medical officer should call a magistrate
– the dying declaration may be recorded by the doctor himself in the presence of
another doctor or staff member if time is limited.
– The primary duty of a doctor in dying declaration is to ascertain and document
compos mentis(alert mental state ) of the patient at the beginning and at the end
of the statement.
21. SPECIFIC CASES
• Fire Arm Injuries
• Bullets, lead shots etc recovered from the wounds or body in fire arm injury
should be air dried then put in a bottle(s), padded with cotton, documented
sealed and handed over to the police.
• Always try to mention about the entry and exit wound.
• Always take X-Ray of the track or whole body.
• Never pick the bullet using a metal/ toothed forceps, rather use fingers or
rubber tipped forceps.
• Never wash the bullet.
22. • Burns:
• Proper history and documentation
• Give primary treatment.
• Extent and degree of the burns to be noted.
• Make a proper sketch showing areas involved and state in percentage.
• Inflammable agents on the body/cloth are recorded and preserved.
• Dying declaration if required should be taken especially in young married females.
23.
24. Hanging/Strangulation
• Ligature mark- Describe its position, nature, width, direction and extent whether
complete or incomplete.
• Ligature material in-situ should be cut away from the knot so as not to disturb the
knot. Then the cut ends and knot have to be secured with threads separately.
• Ligature material should be preserved.
• Examination of ligature material in respect of its nature, position, type of knot,
circumference of loop, length of short and long free ends, foreign bodies and
stains.
25.
26. Injury Cases
• Give primary treatment.
• Examine and record all injuries properly.
• Proper documentation
• Opinion should include injury by type of weapon ( sharp/blunt ) , manner (Self-
inflicted, homicidal, accidental) and duration of injury.
27. Drunkenness
• Take proper history and document correctly in the form provided
• Consent should be taken but under Sec 53 (1) Cr PC, examination of an accused can be
carried out by a doctor at the request of the police, even without his consent.
• Examine properly and collect urine, blood sample in a proper way.
• Mention the starting and ending time of examination.
• Never use rubber stopper in collection of sample. Use screw — capped bottle.
• Spirit must not be used for cleaning the skin and the syringe must be free from any trace of
alcohol. Chlorhexidine can be used instead.
28. Poisoning
• Give primary treatment. Take proper history.
• History of Substance consumed, amount consumed, when, where
& number of people consumed.
• Proper documentation of history, treatment and articles sealed.
• Send properly sealed, labeled samples of vomitus /stomach wash
and blood sample to the police and make record wherever
possible.
• Never allow the entry of unauthorized person near the Victim in a
case of homicidal poisoning.
29. Child Abuse
• All children should be approached with extreme sensitivity and their
vulnerability recognized and understood.
• Give proper treatment.
• Usually medical examination should be done within 24 hrs or as soon as
possible.
• Consent from parents/guardians in written should be taken.
• Consent from child in form of verbal, expressed or written is to be taken.
• Record the child’s weight , height and sexual development,
• Take proper history and document it correctly.
30. • Always prepare the child by explaining the examination and showing equipment;
this has been shown to diminish fears and anxiety. Encourage the child to ask
questions about the examination.
• If possible, interview the child alone (separately from the attendants) in a
separate room.
• Psychiatric counseling is advised.
• Never put undue pressure on a child for medical examination, if he/she denies
even after convincing. But in conditions requiring medical attention, such as
bleeding or a foreign body is suspected, consider sedation or a general
anesthesia.
• Avoid unnecessary painful and invasive procedures.
31. Criminal Abortion
• Give proper treatment.
• Always perform examination of clothes and take blood sample.
• Proper history and documentation.
• If patient dies, send for Medico-legal autopsy.
• Preserve the remains of product of conception (POC) for Chemical Analysis and
DNA Analysis if required.
• Clothes are recorded and preserved
32. Rape/Sexual Assault Cases
(suspect and survivor)
• Be polite to the suspect and Victim.
• Always take consent. In case of suspect, medical examination can be done even if he
declines to give consent.
• Take a detailed history and document it in person’s own words.
• Examine them properly and fill the prescribed form for suspect and survivor
• Always provide information regarding psychiatric counseling to the Victim.
• All male and female Registered Medical Practitioners are eligible to examine the Victim.
• Always examine the Victim in presence of female attendees. Victim can have a female
acquaintance/relative with her if she wants.
33. • If she refuses to make a statement, the doctor should not pursue the matter. He
must consult a senior professional colleague.
• In case of children, sedative or analgesic may be needed for examining genitalia in
painful condition.
• Do not delay the examination. Exact time of commencement and completion must
be noted in the report.
• Never attempt to undress the Victim for examination. Convince her to undress
herself.
• Never pass judgmental remark or comments that might appear unsympathetic.
• Denying examination of the rape Victim is unlawful.
34. Following Instructions
to be Followed
• Take history whether she has taken bath and changed the clothes.
• With cotton swab collect vaginal secretion from posterior fornix and prepare 4
slides.
• Place loose pubic hair in a labeled envelope.
• Obtain fingernail scrapings.
• Preserve garments for seminal and blood stain.
• Collect blood sample (15 ml).
35. • If age estimation required then refer to the Department Of Forensic Medicine.
• If clothes are to be preserved and sealed, always provide proper clothing or
inform the relatives to bring one set of clothes.
• The slide can be prepared, dried and forwarded to Department Of Forensic
Medicine for needful.
• Treatment of Victim should be given when needed.