ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY FATALITIES IN VISAKHAPATNAM- AN AUTOPSY-BASED STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 28
Abstract
BACKGROUND The deaths in railway workers were mentioned by Modi. 1 Bernard Knight. 2 Shapiro3 noticed 9% of incidence and about 10% incidence was noted by Davis GG4 among the workers who succumbed to railway injuries. Incidence of railway fatalities is increasing year by year in and around Visakhapatnam. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Andhra Medical College/ King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam received 76 cases in 2010, 79 cases in 2011, 96 cases in 2012, 109 cases in 2013 and 118 cases in 2014. The aim of this study is to determine the pattern of injuries and identify the common medicolegal problems associated with identity of deceased and cause of deaths at Andhra Medical College/King George Hospital Mortuary, Visakhapatnam city. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a descriptive study of all railway deaths, which are seen in Mortuary of Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Andhra Medical College/King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam City over a period of one year, i.e. 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2015. RESULTS Railway deaths are uncommon, mostly accidental fall or trespassers and few are suicidal. A total of 1747 autopsies were done during the period. Ninety-two cases representing 5.26% of all bodies received by the mortuary were deaths due to railway fatalities. Most of the cases are accidental (72.83%) and suicidal (17.34%), rest of the 4.35% are undetermined manner due to putrefaction mutilated body parts. Male-to-female ratio is 8.25: 1. Peak incidence was observed in the age group of 21-40 years. CONCLUSION This study shows the pattern of railway injury deaths in Visakhapatnam and suggestions to establish identity of unknown persons and possible preventive measures to avoid or decrease railway fatalities.
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Vadde Chandra Sekhar, Sugnan Bandaru, Rama Krishna Pedada
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