Pattern Of Autopsies Conducted At A Tertiary Care Centre Nainital

Abstract

Aim: An Autopsy (Post mortem examination, necropsy, autopsia cadeverum or section cadaveris) is a surgical procedure, used to determine time since death, manner of death and cause of death to evaluate the correlation with crime scene.
Materials and methodology: A retrospective study, duration between the January to December 2020 at the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Susheel Tiwari hospital and government medical college, Haldwani, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.
Results: Table1: Demographic data. Table 2: Number of male and female and non identified deceased. Table 3: Age of deceased from 0 year to more than 71 year was mentioned. Table 4: Different cause of death including pending histopathology report. Table 5: Different manner of death in total autopsy cases.
Discussion: In 537 cases, maximum number of 67 cases (12.48) recorded in July. Death of male 335 (62.38%) were noted more than female. Maximum number of cases were noted cause of death due to fall 63 (11.72%).
Conclusions: Autopsy is an important tool to determine time since death, cause of death and manner of death in all medico legal cases.